Green New Deal attempts to control what Americans eat
The Green New Deal isn’t just a climate change manifesto targeting U.S. energy, it also looks to drastically change how food is produced and, ultimately, what Americans eat.
Letter: Closing the Salisbury Hatchery is penny wise, pound foolish
So why does it, in the eyes of the state, make sense to jeopardize this entire industry for want of $250,000? Numbers don’t lie. Closing the Salisbury Fish Hatchery just does not make sense.
Democrats divided on Green New Deal
“At this stage, I am not a supporter of it because it’s been looked at very cursorily and if you read the language, it’s a very big program with a huge governmental cost,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said. “None of that’s been looked at.”
Trump demands California pay back federal government for failing bullet train project
“California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars. They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now. Whole project is a ‘green’ disaster!” President Trump tweeted.
Rep. Peter Welch still likes Green New Deal despite controversies, unrealistic goals
Welch called the Green New Deal “a broad outline of ambitious goals” and said Congress over the next two years would be drafting legislation and conducting hearings to make progress toward those goals.
California’s high-speed rail failure shows the insanity of Green New Deal
Just a few hundred miles of high-speed rail in California was well on its way to exceeding $100 billion in costs by the time of completion. As a result, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that the state will be massively shrinking the project.
Roper: Let the free market solve the plastic bag ‘crisis’
The Trex corporation uses the recycled bags to make high quality decking, fencing and outdoor furniture. This is the free market at work.
McClaughry: What the decarbonization study found
As befits this complicated subject, the study discusses offers a wide range of alternative choices for legislators concerned about meeting the state’s GHG emission goals. Here are 12 questions and answers about the study.
Statehouse Headliners: Senate bills would ban fossil fuel pipelines, ‘fracking’ waste disposal
Natural gas is the “cleanest” fossil fuel from a greenhouse gas perspective. Alternatives to home heat in Vermont include heating oil and split wood. Cleaner alternatives include passive solar, heat pumps and wood pellets.
Green New Deal would barely change Earth’s temperature. Here are the facts.
Ultimately, fully implementing the Green New Deal would have no meaningful impact on global temperatures. The plan additionally asks Americans to “upgrade or replace every building in the U.S. for state-of-the-art energy efficiency.”
New bills would ban natural gas pipelines and above-ground fuel tanks
“This is a problem for more than 65 percent of Vermont homes and businesses that have an above-ground storage tank, and presumably would want to replace it so they can continue to use oil, kerosene and propane to stay warm,” Cota said.
There’s nothing new about the Green New Deal
Despite some trepidations about feasibility, Ocasio-Cortez and Markey will still try to abolish greenhouse gas emissions. For instance, by making air travel obsolete.