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.
