“Anyone that sells an electron, produces an electron, counts an electron, distributes an electron or sells a device that needs electrons, they are winning, big time,” Cota said. “Who are the losers? Don’t look that far.”
The planning director for the Vermont Department of Public Service told the Senate Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday that while some estimates can be made, officials ultimately don’t know the impact a clean heat standard will have on Vermonters.
Short-staffed with an increase in serious “priority 1” calls for the year, police in Burlington had another busy weekend, this time responding to a double shooting at the Marketplace Parking Garage around 2 a.m. on Saturday.
The governor is facing a slew of left-leaning legislation this session that ranges from gun control to statewide registries for building contractors.
A Republican lawmaker is making known her opposition to Proposal 5, a constitutional amendment that would make abortion until the moment of birth the most protected right in Vermont.
“What this means, unfortunately, is that the total number of officers available for patrol for the uniformed services bureau is 24,” Police Chief Jon Murad said. “That is less than 50 percent of what our normal numbers are for patrol in the past.”
A bill that would substantially increase the amount of state-protected lands was advanced through the Senate chamber last week and is now on to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.
A Canadian climate scientist is warning that President Joe Biden’s ambitious electric car proposals could exacerbate human rights abuses around the world where materials for these cars are mined.
The Scott administration is continuing to back away from COVID-related urgency, saying that for now life can largely turn back to normal — but officials cautioned that the door remains open for future policy changes.
A coalition of New England policymakers held a virtual press conference Thursday morning to discuss how transportation policies in California are tied to 15 other states including Vermont, and will mandate that no gas-combustion engines may be sold after 2035.
Rep. Timothy Briglin told the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday that the proposed “clean heat standard” would incentivize carbon-free heating systems and force fuel sellers to pay into a carbon-emissions-based credit system that proponents continue not to call a carbon tax.
More than 50,000 pages of vaccine safety data previously withheld from public review were ordered to be released last week by the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. At least one document refers to the Pfizer COVID vaccine as “investigational.”