Vermont Conservation Voters Releases Environmental Scorecard for 2023-2024 Legislature

Jul 26, 2024 | 2023, 2024, General, Legislative Session

Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) has released the Vermont Environmental Scorecard for the 2023-2024 legislative session. The Scorecard is a tool developed by VCV to help Vermonters track legislators’ voting records on key environmental issues in the latest...

Vermont Conservation Voters Announces Initial Legislative Endorsements for 2024 Elections

Jul 12, 2024 | Elections, General

Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) has released its first set of endorsements this election season for candidates for the Vermont Legislature. This initial round of VCV endorsements focuses on legislative candidates who have demonstrated strong environmental leadership...

Celebrating Big Environmental Policy Wins

Jun 18, 2024 | General

As the legislative session for 2023/2024 comes to a final close, we are celebrating big wins for environmental and climate policies. Yesterday, the Legislature voted to override the Governor’s vetoes of landmark legislation to modernize Act 250, update the Renewable...

VNRC & VCV Release the 2024 Legislative Bulletin

Jun 13, 2024 | General

As we wrap up the 2024 legislative session, we have a lot of progress to celebrate. At the beginning of the biennium in January 2023, we were coming out of a huge election that brought dozens of new lawmakers to Montpelier and a pro-environment supermajority. Vermont...

Climate Superfund Act Passes Vermont Legislature, Heads to Governor Phil Scott

May 10, 2024 | 2024, Climate, Core Issues, General, Legislative Session, Press Release

  Montpelier, VT – The Vermont Senate gave final approval today to landmark legislation that holds the largest fossil fuel companies financially accountable for a portion of the costs of climate change.On a voice vote, Senators approved final passage of the...

Celebrating Senator McCormack’s 30+ Years of Environmental Leadership

May 6, 2024 | 2024, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session

Photo: Senator Dick McCormack speaks on the floor of the Senate at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Feb. 20, 2024 (photo by Glenn Russell, VTDigger) Guests: Sen. Dick McCormack On this week’s episode of Democracy Dispatch, we have a conversation with Senator Dick...