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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...
Generations in Governance: Bridging Wisdom and Progress
Senator Ginny Lyons and Representative Esme Cole, two trailblazing legislators on opposing ends of the age spectrum who bridge wisdom and progress, speak about their perspectives, their path to politics, experiences with ageism and misogyny, and their priorities for the rest of this session.
Climate Dispatch: Businesses For Climate Action and Flood Recovery
Welcome back to the Climate Dispatch! This week was once again chock-full of important testimony on H.289, the Renewable Energy Standard modernization bill, S.213, a climate resilience bill to better protect wetlands and river corridors and enhance dam safety,...
A Sit-down with the Climate Solutions Caucus Co-Chairs
The co-chairs of the Climate Solutions Caucus share their environmental priorities for the session, how their caucus operates and moves policies forward, their personal thoughts on the biennium structure of the Vermont legislature, and where to go from here now that the Senate failed to override Governor Scott’s veto of the modernized Bottle Bill.
Climate Dispatch: Climate Solutions Caucus Priorities with Sen. Becca White
Welcome back to the Climate Dispatch! This week, the Governor presented his budget and legislators started moving their first bills out of committee. While the Governor didn’t spend much time focusing on flood recovery or climate action in his remarks, fortunately the...