350 Vermont Launches a Historic Initiative: The Fossil Fuel Freedom Campaign
Beginning in March of this year, the Fossil Fuel Freedom Campaign will convene a people’s energy planning process centered around citizen-based “Innovation Forums.”
VT Law School launches the Energy Security & Justice Project
For immediate release Jan. 24, 2012 Contact John Cramer Associate Director of Media Relations Vermont Law School Office: 802.831.1106 jcramer@vermontlaw.edu SOUTH ROYALTON, VT –– Vermont Law School has launched the Energy Security & Justice Project to expand global access to sustainable energy and craft national energy policies that adapt to climate change without worsening socioeconomic inequality. [...]
Parenteau: Is the Durban Platform a suicide pact?
Measured against the goal of saving the Kyoto protocol and avoiding the complete collapse of the U.N. framework for addressing climate change, Durban was a qualified success. Measured against the goal of acting in time to avoid the catastrophic consequences of climate change, however, Durban was a bust.
About 1,000 Vermonters expected at Moving Planet climate action rally on Saturday
During the rally speakers will be making six “asks” of our political leaders. These are for Green Jobs for All, 100% Renewable Energy for All, Local and Healthy Food for All, Energy Efficient Homes and Buildings for All, Green Transport for All, and Community Forests for All. Participants will also personally be able to put their name on a card with the six asks that will be delivered to the governor.
“Moving People” to perform for “Moving Planet” climate change event in Montpelier
Same Planet Productions, in partnership with HigherMind Mediaworks, announces the release of Moving People, a film of a performance set to the words of BillMcKibben, founder of 350.org, an international grassroots movement dedicated to solving the climate crisis.
Roberts: Net zero families find energy savings off the grid
South Mountain Co. designed and built the LEED Platinum homes for the Island Housing Trust with the goal of allowing the residents to operate them at net-zero energy, using the 5 kW photovoltaic arrays on the roofs for power.
Higher temps mean heavier rainfalls and more flooding for Vermont; do we head for the hills?
If the temperature is going to be higher from now on – and that has been conclusively demonstrated, well-funded attempts at denial notwithstanding – more rain is likely to fall, perhaps enough to create more floods.
Plumb: The hidden cost of air travel — global warming
In the face of the fact global warming is already having a major impact, not on just the rest of the world but on Vermont as well, the VPR board should reconsider its position on sponsoring these trips.
Shumlin, Charest ask for study in aftermath of Lake Champlain flooding
Shumlin and Charest wrote a joint letter asking both President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to study the cause of the flooding this year and find ways to reduce the impacts of future flooding.
Gov. Shumlin to push for carbon cap at meeting of New England and Canadian leaders
The Governor said he will urge his counterparts in the New England states to join him in asking the federal Environmental Protection Agency to recognize the success of RGGI, design any national greenhouse gas regulations consistent with its innovative approach, and allow state participation in RGGI to serve as an alternative method to meet any new federal regulatory requirements.
