McClaughry: That big climate rally — opposing the clean heat standard?
What was interesting was that some of the climate warriors present weren’t too keen on what has become the centerpiece of the Climate Action Plan, the “clean heat standard.”
Democrats aim to increase taxes on oil amid record gas prices
Under the legislation, oil companies that produce or import at least 300,000 barrels of oil per day will be hit with a tax worth 50% of the difference between the current cost of oil and the average cost between 2015-2019.
Roll Call: House makes some logging land eligible for conservation
H.697, an act relating to eligibility of reserve forestland for enrollment in the Use Value Appraisal Program, passed in the State House of Representatives on February 25, 2022, by a vote of 83-43.
Ericka Redic: Progressive-Democrat policies have failed Ukraine
Whether it’s the security of sovereign borders, the security of the 2nd Amendment rights to bear arms, or the security of energy, it is the “ideology” of these Progressive-Democrat birds that doesn’t fly. It flails. It fails.
Lynn Edmunds: How to know when zoning regulation goes to far
Regional Planning Commissions are acting as power brokers devoted to promoting contractual agreements of self-regulation with local planning and zoning acceptance from your community. Perhaps you should know the price for this service is tendered with the currency of liberty.
Vaccines, masks, staying at home did not make a major difference in COVID case rates, NYT writer says
A senior writer at The New York Times said vaccinations, booster shots and masks have not caused a major difference in case rates between parts of the country with different levels of COVID-19 precautions in a Wednesday morning newsletter.
Activists to host sex-ed camp for young children teaching ‘gender is a spectrum,’ includes condom demonstration
Kids attending the workshop will not be divided by gender while discussing puberty, bodies and sex, because “gender is a spectrum and not a binary,” according to the FAQs of the page. Children will also see a “condom demonstration.”
Vermont requires zero-emissions new cars by 2035 — because California says so
According to the requirements of Vermont state law, Vermont must ban the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035 — because that’s what California is doing.
Strong: Can Prop 5 grant autonomous right over something decided by two people?
Let’s say the mother of an unborn child wishes to have an abortion, but the father wants the child to be born. Who has the right to “personal reproductive autonomy,” the mother or the father?
McClaughry: John Kerry focuses on climate during Ukraine crisis
That may be a little harsh, but John Kerry is, in my view, a high-ranking climate nitwit.
Vermont dairy farmers benefit from $20 million USDA grant
The state’s Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets announced the grant, which will be paid for with American Rescue Plan Act dollars, that will augment the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center in addition to milk producers in the state.
VISA update: New religious school tuition case filed, vaccination incentive program funds to be maintained
The Burlington Catholic Diocese and two families with children attending Mount St. Joseph Academy in Rutland have filed a federal lawsuit against AOE Secretary French, and the Superintendent and School Directors of the Barstow School District seeking access to public tuition funds.