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2022 VCV & VNRC Congressional Forum and Meet and Greet
June 2, 2022 (RSVP Below) Please join Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) and Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) for our 2022 Congressional Forum. You will hear from the leading candidates for Congress who will share their priorities and vision for Vermont and the...
Vermont Legislature Passes Bill to Protect Biodiversity and Support Climate Resilience
Montpelier - Today, the Vermont Senate passed legislation to protect biodiversity and improve climate resilience (H.606). The bill passed on a unanimous voice vote. The bill now heads to the Governor for his signature. This policy was a recommendation of the state’s...
Vermont House Passes the State’s First Comprehensive Environmental Justice Law
Montpelier – Today, the Vermont House took a critical step forward in addressing a long history of undue environmental injustice by passing Vermont’s first statewide Environmental Justice bill, S.148, with a strong vote in support. The bill will next go back to the...
Senate Gives Preliminary Approval to Clean Heat Standard: Progress — but Uncertainty — Around Potentially Transformative Climate Action
Montpelier – Today, the Vermont Senate voted to advance the Clean Heat Standard bill (H.715) for further development by the Public Utility Commission, after adding a disappointing amendment that weakened the law by requiring it to be endorsed again in the 2024...
House Advances a Bill to Help Vermonters Harmed by Toxic Pollution
Montpelier — Today, the Vermont House advanced a bill (S.113) that holds corporate polluters responsible for ongoing harm to Vermonters caused by toxic chemical exposure. The bill also authorizes the State to sue manufacturers of dangerous chemicals that harm...
Vermont House Passes Unprecedented, Essential Climate Investments in FY23 Budget
Montpelier – Today, the Vermont House of Representatives passed the FY23 budget, H.740, with unprecedented investments in climate action and resilience, which will help Vermonters reduce their energy costs, their reliance on expensive and polluting fossil...