Windmills and solar panels are helping us move toward cleaner electricity. But what about transportation? In Vermont, transportation accounts for the lion’s share of our greenhouse gas emissions. We are a rural state, sure, but that doesn’t mean we get to drive around and pollute more than our neighbors in other states. Beginning this week the Vermont…
Oct 15
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Sep 4
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Such A Deal: New Pipelines for Tar Sands Oil Bad for the Environment And Will Raise Gas Prices
Anyone who follows CLF’s work knows about plans being pushed to move oil derived from tar sands in Canada through pipelines that would cut across Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The purpose of the these pipelines is simple and clear: to allow this oil to reach the sea and foreign markets that can only be…
Jun 26
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Sowing Seeds in the City
Vermont is known for its thriving bucolic landscapes, but even in downtown Burlington many people have dirt beneath their fingernails. The Conservation Law Foundation has long supported agriculture in Vermont by helping farmers understand the legal landscape and find funding to grow their operations. More recently, CLF has been playing a significant role in urban…
May 23
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Vermont Gas Pipeline: A Bridge to Nowhere?
It is important to build bridges, but we need to make sure they get us where we need to go. The proposed expansion of the Vermont Gas pipeline may be more a minefield than a bridge, as one recent Vermont weekly and one recent national energy blog reported. The project will cut through valuable wetlands…
May 22
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Vermont Supreme Court Reviews Vermont Yankee
Can the Vermont Public Service Board determine the meaning of its own orders? The answer would seem to be “Of Course!” But that is the question that Vermont Yankee’s owners are putting before the Vermont Supreme Court. In two orders the Vermont Public Service Board issued a strong rebuke to Entergy. The Board refused to…
May 8
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Cow Power, the Vermont brand electricity
This article first appeared in the Sunday May 5 edition of the Rutland Herald /Times Argus. For over a decade, Vermont’s hardworking cows and farmers have been keeping our lights on, curbing greenhouse gas emissions and helping local businesses grow. The renewable energy produced by cow manure in Vermont now powers 2,990 homes and businesses,…
Apr 23
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Energy: Out with the Dirty, In with the Clean
Come join Conservation Law Foundation and our allies THIS SATURDAY in Burlington, Vermont for a discussion on Vermont’s Energy Choices. Vermont’s Energy Choices: Old Dirty Problems and Clean Energy SolutionsSaturday, April 27th, 1:30 PM at the Billings Auditorium at UVM in Burlington The time is NOW to move away from dirty sources of energy such…
Mar 19
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Public Hearing: Gas Pipeline Expansion
The Vermont Public Service Board will be holding a public hearing on the proposed expansion of Vermont Gas facilities. Vermont Gas Systems Expansion Thursday evening, March 21, 2013 7:00 p.m Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, Vermont At a time when climate change is upon us we must think carefully about putting in place new…
Mar 18
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Tar Sands Oil Seen As Bad News All Around
Vermont has a key role to play in keeping tar sands oil where it belongs — in the ground. The increasingly imminent proposal to move tar sands oil from Canada through an existing pipeline in the Northeast Kingdom brings this issue very close to home. At town meetings across the state earlier this month, 29…
Mar 11
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Global Warming Conference – Saturday March 16 – Montpelier, VT
Senator Bernie Sanders is hosting a Global Warming Conference – What does it mean for Vermont? — on Saturday March 16 from 10am to 4pm at Montpelier High School in Montpelier Vermont. Bill McKibben will be the Keynote Speaker and Senator Sanders will be joined by Vermont and national leaders for workshops and discussions about climate…