VNRC & VCV Release the 2024 Legislative Bulletin
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
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
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...
Climate Dispatch: Climate Change Superfund with Rep. Martin Lalonde
This week in the State House there has been lots of movement on many important climate, clean energy and resilience bills, including the House Environment and Energy Committee taking up the Flood Safety Act (S.213) and the miscellaneous Public Utility Commission bill...