With help from VT Gas and UVM, Global Foundries will extract hydrogen from water and blend it into its natural gas lines.
‘Green hydrogen’ heating fuel coming to Global Foundries
Sticker shock! $2.2 billion needed for ‘green’ electricity infrastructure
Vermont’s fossil fuel to electricity transition will cost $2.2 billion. With a B, lawmakers learned this week.
Flemming: ‘Cap and invest’ is another gas tax
The Climate Council is considering ‘cap and invest,’ capping total gasoline-related emissions and making gas dealers – and their customers – pay for going over.
Bill targets ‘renewable’ status of Big Hydro
Hydro-Quebec – Vermont’s largest source of carbon-free electricity – shouldn’t be considered renewable power, say sponsors of a bill introduced this week.
Climate Council would double electricity usage – rolling blackouts feared
A cold snap could result in rolling blackouts if the Vermont Climate Council gets its way.
Top News of ’21: Massachusetts climate czar tells VT to “turn the screws on” and “break their will” (Feb. 5)
At the January 25 Vermont Climate Council meeting, the Massachusetts climate czar tells them his plans to “turn the screws” on ordinary people, including senior citizens on fixed incomes, and “break their will.”
What’s in the Global Warming Solutions Act?
The Ethan Allen Institute looks under the hood of the Mack Truck of environmental regulation heading your way.
GMP continues carbon-cutting customer rebates
Switching from fossil fuels to heat, drive, ride and mow will continue to save $$ for rebate-using GMP ratepayers in 2022.
Burlington voters nix street repair bond, OK $20 mil for carbon reduction
Burlington voters embraced spending $20 million to reach ‘net zero’ carbon. But they rejected a bond for twice that amount to repair the city’s streets, bridges and water systems.
Rolling blackouts warned as ‘last resort’ during cold snap
Thanks to pandemic supply chain problems and the closure of New England fossil-fuel power plants, the region’s grid operators are warning of rolling blackouts as a ‘last resort’ during severe cold snaps.
