Also worth thinking about, especially if you are a devotee of “environmental justice,” is the provenance of the crucial components of the battery, notably lithium, cobalt, and nickel.
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Rob Roper: Vermont Climate Plan is all pain, no gain
The legislators fashioning this red-hot poker of a policy know just how painful it will be for their constituents. They just don’t care. At least not enough to stop the torture.
David Flemming: Vermont’s unfunded liabilities aren’t just pensions
It is long past time for policymakers to think outside the box with innovative solutions instead of repeating the same failed policies of the past that got us into this mess.
Rob Roper: Clean heat standard is a stealth carbon tax on heating fuel
The “clean heat standard” is an expensive, inefficient recipe for cronyism, corruption and oppressive regulatory overreach that will achieve little more than increasing the cost for the majority of Vermonters to heat our homes.
David Flemming: Stopping the bleeding with pension reform
At the very least, Vermont should give state employees the choice to select a defined contribution plan, rather than being boxed into what the state tells them.
David Flemming: The consequences of doing nothing about pensions
Today’s $5.6-billion-plus unfunded liability will look like chump change if we continue to kick the can down the road.
John McClaughry: Rethinking the climate ‘crisis’
Could we calm down a minute and get a grip on this subject? Here are eight useful thoughts, and my conclusion.
David Flemming: Vermont’s electoral system falls below ‘Gold Standard’
We Vermonters must rely more heavily on our media to tell us ‘what’s really going on.’ Vermont’s media isn’t perfect, but it represents the path of least resistance for finding the truth.
David Flemming: Federal agency cracks down on Vermont special ed
Something must be done, now that our rate of failure is bad enough to draw federal attention. The status quo is to ignore the needs of Vermont’s disabled students.
Rob Roper: Early voting is bad for democracy
It’s almost impossible for a voter to do their homework if they don’t wait until the end of the process to cast their ballot.
John McClaughry: The Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act
The court could, but won‘t, agree with the district court and toss the entire law out as unconstitutional. The court could, but won’t, overturn the five-justice majority of 2012 and sustain the individual mandate as an extension of the commerce power.
David Flemming: Vermont falls short in election safeguards
But Americans in all 50 states have begun to lose faith that our elections give everyone a fair shot at winning. Vermont’s elections cannot be just "good enough" to pass legal muster.
John McClaughry: The future of Vermont’s state colleges
With the pandemic disruption, there will likely be no sugar daddy to keep alive this system as now organized.
Group plans rally against Gov. Scott's Covid-19 stay home order
The protest, organized on Facebook, is scheduled to take place Wednesday in Montpelier.
