The lead bill to glide through the Senate was S.337, which would allow Energy Efficiency Vermont and Burlington Electric the authority to spend some of their ratepayer tax funds on transportation and heating efficiency projects.
On Thursday, for the first time since adjourning in March in the early days of the pandemic, the Vermont Senate considered a slate of non-pandemic related bills.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vermont Legislature passed a law banning the use of plastic bags at retail stores beginning in July 2020. Whether or not you agreed with that decision before health and safety concerns took center spotlight, today this policy is indefensible.
In her VPIRG interview, state Rep. Sarah Copeland-Hanzas called the COVID-19 response a “practice session” for the Global Warming Solutions Act.
Anti-fossil fuel activists unsuccessfully attempted to browbeat the film producer behind a Michael Moore documentary panning green energy into permanently removing the movie over claims that it contains pro-oil industry misinformation.
Some readers of my commentaries may recall that back in September of last year during “Climate Strike Week” I discussed a documentary by left wing filmmaker Michael Moore, titled “Planet of the Humans.”
What’s not essential in Blittersdorf’s world — and of those who share his ideology — is you, your job and your standard of living. And the big, necessary change he sees for the future is making sure those unessential things don’t come back.
“Green energy is not going to save us,” Gibbs noted in the film before focusing his ire on environmentalists Bill McKibben, Van Jones, and Robert F. Kennedy, all of whom push for a combination of solar panels, nuclear or wind power to replace oil production.
As Americans are trapped in their homes, unable to work, and struggling to pay bills due to the threat of a global pandemic, the left has a reminder for us. The real threat is climate change.
Reusable shopping bags are being banned in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and even San Francisco. They are also not welcome at many Vermont grocery stores. However, the chair of the House Natural Resources Committee said Vermont’s ban on single-use plastic grocery bags will take effect as scheduled July 1.
Regardless of ideology, the coronavirus is the primary priority of all Vermonters — conservatives, liberals, progressives and independents.
Vermont’s power grid, internet connectivity and state computers are performing well, but some weaknesses are being exposed.