The bill would mandate that Vermonters pay for their heating sources’ impact on climate change, but rulemaking would take two years.
Gov. Phil Scott on Friday vetoed the clean heat standard, which is widely viewed as the largest climate change bill of the session.
It is not perfect but should be passed by the Senate pretty much as already approved in the House.
The climate clock is ticking, yet we have made little progress towards truly addressing our climate crisis.