Vermont’s nonprofit sector is bigger than manufacturing, construction and tourism. For which it can thank the taxpayers.
Keelan: Nonprofits control taxpayer money, without much oversight
Evslin: Out with the cows, in with the trees
Reforesting Vermont’s declining, phosphorus-producing dairy farms would be a cheap, effective way to meet the state’s carbon reduction goals.
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.”
Keelan: 254 climate goals for your New Year
Weatherize 90,000 Vermont homes by 2030? The VCC must have never heard of the phrase “situational awareness.”
Electrify everything! Place burden of climate change on everyday household, REV speaker says
The Vermont household is the forefront for the fight to reduce emissions, the keynote speaker for a Vermont renewable energy industry conference said.
Thurston: VT ‘leads the way’ in climate war, Russia, China and India don’t follow
Crony capitalism is forcing Vermonters to pay more to produce less carbon emissions. And the world is NOT following.
Climate warriors hope ‘Clean Heat Standard’ succeeds where carbon tax, TCI failed
The carbon tax struck out. TCI struck out. Next up at the plate: the Clean Heat Standard.
New England states rejecting TCI – except Vermont
TCI DOA? Every New England state is getting cold feet about a regional transportation carbon tax – except Vermont, where the Climate Council is expected to endorse the TCI.
Flemming: Cut down forest to build solar panels?
Cut down carbon-eating forest to make room for a zillion solar panels? Mebbe not, Climate Council told.
Flemming: the Mack Truck headed straight for you
High taxes, unapproved by Legislature. Bans on heating and cooking with gas and oil. Fewer cows! Electric vehicles ONLY. Gosh, what’s not to like about Vermont’s proposed “Global Warming Solutions”?
Turn the screws on them and break their will
David Ismay, an attorney and former senior official of the Massachusetts governor’s administration, is not, I assume, a well-known name in Vermont. However, he should be.
As the screw turns: “Break their will” climate czar resigns
A high-ranking Massachusetts climate change official has resigned after he was caught on a January 25 video advising the Vermont Climate Council it must ‘turn the screws” on elderly fixed-income citizens and “break their will” in order to meet climate change mandates.
“Turn the screws on….break their will,” Vermont Climate Council advised
Ismay’s said, “So let me say that again, 60% of our emissions that need to be reduced come from you, the person across the street, the senior on fixed income, right… there is no bad guy left, at least in Massachusetts to point the finger at, to turn the screws on, and you know, to break their will, so they stop emitting. That’s you. We have to break your will. Right, I can’t even say that publicly….”
Massachusetts climate czar tells VT climate leaders to “turn the screws on” and “break their will”
At the January 25 Vermont Climate Council meeting, members can be seen nodding their heads in apparent agreement as 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.”
Conflict of interest, white supremacy concerns plague Vermont Climate Council
The Vermont Climate Council has met just three times, but already concerns have surfaced about white supremacy and conflict of interest.
“Fuel sector” Climate Council rep has strong ties with renewable power industry
by Guy Page The Vermont Speaker of the House has selected the general manager of one of the most pro-renewable power members of the Vermont fuel oil industry to serve on the […]
