McClaughry: Why we signed the TCI opposition letter
TCI is off the table for now, but schemes like this keep coming back. Gov. Scott really ought to tell his people to take a long vacation from the TCI planning sessions.
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.
Vermont representative says make COVID lockdown permanent to fight climate change
Know that as this new Legislature begins debating environmental policies — especially around the GWSA, the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI), and the general desire to tax carbon — establishing the permanent misery of economic lockdowns is the goal.
Roper: Candid comments reveal illogic behind Vermont’s climate policy
What I suspect we’ll get is a hugely expensive program that does nothing to stop climate change, undermines our ability to adapt to it, and diverts resources away from real solutions.
McClaughry: Goodbye to Transportation and Climate Initiative
Gov. Scott clearly sees that this is just one more elaborately concealed carbon tax. He knows what that will do to families and Covid-stressed businesses, he has opposed that for four years, and he won’t buy it. Good for him.
UVM climate study points to early melting ice as evidence of climate change
A recent study by the University of Vermont continues the narrative that the world faces dire climate consequences if our lifestyles aren’t dramatically altered.
Roper: Legislator admits GWSA will have no impact on climate change
It is worth pointing out that no one in the Vermont press corps has ever been willing to ask this very basic question of any of the GWSA’s advocates, perhaps because they knew what the honest answer is: “Vermont can’t stop or even affect climate change.”
Vermont seeks input on its energy plan
The state wants input on its Comprehensive Energy Plan, so anyone interested in having a say in how Vermont will source energy for heating, electric and transportation needs to take action by mid-January.
Vermont and Massachusetts compete to leave taxpayers with the largest climate bill
Massachusetts only reached its 2020 goal because of Covid-19 restrictions on travel. If it takes a pandemic for Massachusetts to reach it goals, that should tell you how many sacrifices Vermonters must prepare to make to reach our 2025 GWSA goals.
Roper: Why the recent pro-TCI poll is bunk
Here’s how you know the whole thing is utterly worthless: Not one of those 60 questions made reference to the respondents’ willingness to pay an estimated 5 to 17 cents per gallon more at the pump.
McClaughry: Meet your new climate government
What 14 of these 15 these appointees have in common — or they wouldn’t have been appointed — is an unquestioning belief in the legislatively declared climate emergency, and the determination to make little Vermont a pioneer in appearing to do something about it.
McClaughry: Biden’s new climate czar
Apparently Biden didn’t notice the irony in appointing a climate czar who has his own private jet, two yachts, several fancy houses, and who knows how many carbon dioxide producing vehicles.