Apr 26, 2024 | Climate, Climate Dispatch
This week, the Senate Natural Resources and Energy committee held a special Monday committee hearing to debate and vote out the modernized Renewable Energy Standard bill (H.289) and did so on a 4-1 committee vote. The bill will now move through the Senate Finance and...
Apr 19, 2024 | 2024, Climate, Climate Dispatch
This week, we saw lots of movement in our priority climate bills! The House Committee on Environment and Energy passed three priority bills: the Climate Superfund Act (S.259), the Miscellaneous Public Utility Commission (PUC) bill (S.305) and the Flood Safety Act...
Mar 29, 2024 | Climate, Climate Dispatch
Another BIG week in the State House! As you probably remember, last week the House passed the modernized Renewable Energy Standard (H.289), and the Senate passed the Flood Safety Act (S.213). Today, the Senate is following that up by voting to advance the Climate...
Mar 29, 2024 | Climate, Legislative Session, Press Release
Montpelier, VT – Today, the Vermont Senate voted overwhelmingly (21-5) to advance S.259, the Climate Superfund Act, which would ensure that Vermonters are not left shouldering the full cost of climate disruption. Following another vote Tuesday, the bill will head to...
Mar 22, 2024 | Climate, Climate Dispatch
This week we had important victories in both the House and Senate as the Flood Safety Bill (S.213) passed the Senate on a tripartisan 24-4 vote, and the Renewable Energy Standard bill (H.289) passed the House on a 99-39-11 vote! Both bills will now head to committees...
