Mar 1, 2024 | Climate Dispatch
Momentum continues to build around the Vermont Climate Superfund Act (S.259). The Senate Judiciary committee heard from the Agency of Natural Resources, Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark, and State Treasurer Mike Pieciak this week and all had favorable things to...
Feb 23, 2024 | Climate Dispatch
On Wednesday, the Flood Safety Act (S.213) was passed out of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee on a unanimous 5-0 vote. It will now move to Senate Finance and then Senate Appropriations before heading to the floor for a vote by the full Senate. In...
Feb 16, 2024 | Climate Dispatch
In today’s Climate Dispatch, we talk with the Chair of the House Transportation Committee, Rep. Sara Coffey, and VNRC’s Sustainable Communities Program Director, Kati Gallagher, about the work underway to incorporate climate-friendly, multi-modal transportation...
Feb 9, 2024 | Climate, Climate Dispatch
Welcome back to the Climate Dispatch! This week we saw important movement on the bill to modernize Vermont’s Renewable Energy Standard, H.289, as it was voted out of the House Environment & Energy Committee on a 9-1-1 vote! We anticipate the bill will make a...
Feb 2, 2024 | Climate Dispatch
Welcome back to the Climate Dispatch! This week was once again chock-full of important testimony on H.289, the Renewable Energy Standard modernization bill, S.213, a climate resilience bill to better protect wetlands and river corridors and enhance dam safety,...
Jan 26, 2024 | 2024, Climate Dispatch, Core Issues, General, Legislative Session
Welcome back to the Climate Dispatch! This week, the Governor presented his budget and legislators started moving their first bills out of committee. While the Governor didn’t spend much time focusing on flood recovery or climate action in his remarks, fortunately the...
