Letter to the editor: All must ‘pull one’s weight’ to fight global warming

Steve Thurston’s recent letter restated a number of the talking points the fossil fuel industry has inundated Vermonters with for years. But that doesn’t mean his remarks weren’t personally heartfelt.

Mike Roy spoke with Jared Duval, an appointed member of the Vermont Climate Council who chairs the Council’s Science & Data subcommittee, about the wonky, but important, Clean Heat Standard that will be voted on by the state legislature in the upcoming le … (read more)

My question to Sen. Chris Bray is, how can you say you represent your constituents when you ignore everyone but the renewable industry lobby and the voices in your own head?

Recently, an opinion piece authored by backers of the Clean Heat legislation (Representatives Bongartz and James) appeared in the Addison Independent. The bill was enacted when the majority party overrode Governor Scott’s veto last year. Perhaps the one s … (read more)

There’s an awful lot of destructive fear mongering going on in this election, from the Presidential level right on down to local issues.

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.