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Vermont Senate Committee Advances Flood Safety Act (S.213)
Montpelier, VT – Today, the Vermont Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Energy voted 5-0 to advance S.213, the Flood Safety Act. This bill takes important steps to reduce the risk of future flooding and strengthen our communities’ resilience. After the...
VCV Presents Sen. Anne Watson and Rep. Mike Rice with 2024 Environmental Rising Star Awards
Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) presented this year’s VCV Environmental Rising Star Awards to Senator Anne Watson (D/P-Washington) and Representative Mike Rice (D-Dorset). The VCV Environmental Rising Star Award is presented bi-annually to first-term legislators who have stepped up to be effective champions of VCV priority issues in their first legislative session, and who have a bright future of environmental leadership.
Legislative Lassos: Meeting the Chiefs of Staff
Ashley Moore and Conor Kennedy, the chiefs of staff for Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth (D-Chittenden Central) and Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) provide a peek behind the podiums, sharing details of their roles, what led them to this work, how they spend their rare free time, and their involvement in helping pass legislation.
Climate Dispatch: Transforming Transportation and Advancing Community Resilience
In today’s Climate Dispatch, we talk with the Chair of the House Transportation Committee, Rep. Sara Coffey, and VNRC’s Sustainable Communities Program Director, Kati Gallagher, about the work underway to incorporate climate-friendly, multi-modal transportation...
Kicking the Can: Modernizing the Bottle Bill
Marcie Gallagher, an environmental advocate with VPIRG, joins the podcast to discuss Vermont’s beverage container law known more commonly as the Bottle Bill, uncorking the history of the 50-year-old law, its importance, and the attempts and complexities surrounding modernizing it for today’s economy and consumer trends.
Climate Dispatch: The Renewable Energy Standard is on the Move!
Welcome back to the Climate Dispatch! This week we saw important movement on the bill to modernize Vermont’s Renewable Energy Standard, H.289, as it was voted out of the House Environment & Energy Committee on a 9-1-1 vote! We anticipate the bill will make a...