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Author Archives: TNR

Roper: Clean heat credit system unworkable for Vermont

How is the PUC going to be able to verify that these half a million actions take place all over the state, assign a unique credit value and shelf life to each, and broker sales, track the ownership of, and then retire those credits when they expire?

April 1, 2022 in Commentary.
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Three hour panel discussion on Proposal 5 this Saturday

Annisa Lamberton, official spokesperson for Vermonters for Good Government, will join a three hour panel discussion on Proposal 5/Article 22, “Madness in the Constitution,” this Saturday, April 2.

April 1, 2022 in Press Release.
EAI

Roper: Clean heat standard moves to Senate — will Gov. Scott veto?

The good news is that the administration seems to be laying the groundwork for a potential veto of the clean heat standard if it doesn’t contain a second vote threshold. The bad news is, many members of the Scott administration have been advocates for the CHS.

March 31, 2022 in TNR News.
Bruce Parker/TNR

With just one dissenter, Vermont Senate OKs ‘environmental justice’ bill

“It discriminates against other poor people,” Sen. Russ Ingalls said. “I don’t want to discriminate against anyone. If you have two poor people, and one is a person of color, the person of color is more than likely going to be helped before that other equally deserving person.”

March 31, 2022 in TNR News.
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Job openings hardly budge as Americans continue to quit their jobs in droves

Job openings remained nearly unchanged in February while Americans continue to leave their jobs in high numbers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced Tuesday.

March 31, 2022 in U.S..
Wikimedia Commons/Michael F. Mehnert (cropped)

Biden admin just weeks away from extending Title IX to trans students

If the new regulations are passed, state laws that restrict transgender athletes from competing in sports alongside peers of their chosen identity would be in violation of federal law, the Washington Post reported. At least 12 states have passed laws that ban biological men from competing in women’s sports.

March 31, 2022 in U.S..
Jon Bosley/Community News Service

Proposed bill aims to enshrine Abenaki use of state lands

Since they were stewards of the land long before Europeans colonized the area, the tribe wants the right to use it as they did then — free of restrictions imposed by the state government.

March 30, 2022 in TNR News.
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McClaughry: Dr. Judith Curry on the ‘ideal climate’

“Over the past century, deaths per million people from weather and climate catastrophes have dropped by 97%. Losses from global weather disasters as a percent of GDP have declined over the past 30 years.”

March 30, 2022 in Commentary.
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Roll Call: Senate passes diluted police misconduct bill

S.254, an act relating to recovering damages for Article II violations by law enforcement and a report on qualified immunity, passed in the State Senate on March 24, 2022, by a vote of 19-11.

March 30, 2022 in Commentary.
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‘Gay agenda’: Disney employees reportedly reveal effort to inject ‘queerness’ into kids shows

Walt Disney corporate employees were reportedly caught on camera discussing efforts to include more LGBT content in the company’s programming during company meetings discussing a Florida education bill.

March 30, 2022 in U.S..
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Christina Nolan: Peter Welch has stood in way of opposing ‘defund the police’ movement

“Even as crime rises, some politicians continue to demonize and belittle law enforcement rather than support and stand by those who put their lives on the line every day.”

March 30, 2022 in Press Release.
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Campaign for Vermont: Child tax credit bill, workforce development bill, and more

Legislators found out this week that the Vermont child tax credit bill may need a haircut. The workforce development bill received such a large haircut that we may have a headless horseman situation.

March 30, 2022 in Commentary.

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