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Key Committee Advances Bill to Protect Vermonters from PFAS and Other Toxic Chemicals
Montpelier, VT –– Today, the Vermont Senate Committee on Health and Welfare unanimously passed legislation (S.25) to ban PFAS and other toxic chemicals from products including personal care products, textiles, and artificial turf fields. The bill is supported by...
Environmental Protection Agency Proposes New Protections for Drinking Water from Toxic PFAS Chemicals
Underscores Need for Further Action to Restrict Use of PFAS Chemicals Montpelier – Today, the federal Environmental Protection Agency proposed its first national drinking water standards for six of the thousands of PFAS chemicals. The proposal would regulate two of...
2023 Session Halftime Report
With the legislature on break for Town Meeting Day, Lauren Hierl discusses the policy priorities outlined in the 2023 Environmental Common Agenda and provide a progress report on each.
League of Conservation Voters 2022 National Scorecard Shows Vermont Delegation Champions Our Environment and Democracy
Vermont Conservation Voters released the Vermont federal delegation’s scores for the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) 2022 National Environmental Scorecard, highlighting our state’s leaders’ tremendous action to protect our environment and democracy, and build a...
Banning PFAS and Toxic “Forever” Chemicals
Rep. Dane Whitman (D-Bennington) speaks about policy banning harmful PFAS and toxic “forever” chemicals from several items and outlines the next wave of consumer products that include toxics that the legislature intends to further ban this biennium.
Is Serving in the State House Sustainable?
Rep. Saudia LaMont (D-Morristown) speaks about her experience as a freshman legislator and how the reality of serving differed from her perception while campaigning, the weight she carries representing several different identities in a mostly homogenous state, and what keeps her doing this work.