Jan 27, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
Photo: Matthew Vigneau I’ve always been into maps. In the backseat pocket of any car I rode in as a kid, chances are there was a well-loved Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer, often complete with a bent cover and some crinkled pages. I loved following along on travels,...
Jan 20, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
Photo: Rep. Kathleen James speaks on the House floor in 2024 Last week we unveiled the 2025 Environmental Common Agenda, which outlines priorities for environmental policy in Vermont among 19 partner organizations. We started off with a webinar hosted by VECAN,...
Jan 16, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Press Release
Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) has released the 2025 Environmental Common Agenda, which lays out this year’s top legislative priorities for the Vermont environmental community. VCV releases the Common Agenda every January when the legislature convenes in...
Jan 13, 2025 | 2025, Core Issues, Democracy Dispatch, General, Legislative Session
Photo: Dan Fingas (left) with Senator Anne Watson, canvassing in Barre, October 2024 We’re back! With a new year comes a new legislative session and a new season of the Democracy Dispatch email and podcast. And this year’s new legislative session is also the start of...
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...
Jun 10, 2024 | 2024, Climate
This year, the Vermont Legislature worked hard to address the climate challenges we are experiencing. Flood safety, making Big Oil pay for climate disasters, modernizing Vermont’s renewable energy standard, allowing thermal energy networks, banning PFAS, protecting...
