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Stephen Leslie: Why Vermont needs a healthy soils act

By Commentary

Dec 20 2020December 18, 2020

Soil is such a critical resource that we can no longer leave its management unregulated. The Legislature must offer greater protections for this resource and offer incentives for the adoption and maintenance of healthy soil management practices.


Scott to decide this month whether to join regional emissions compact

By Xander Landen

Dec 18 2020December 18, 2020

Electric vehicles plug into a charging station

Scott and other governors in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will make an initial decision about whether to join a multi-state effort to cut carbon emission.


Jim Hurt: CO2 reuse is key to negative carbon emissions, profits and jobs

By Commentary

Dec 15 2020December 15, 2020

Net-zero carbon by 2050 is too slow. We need to be net-negative by 2030 or at least 2035.


John McClaughry: Meet your new climate government

By Commentary

Dec 14 2020December 14, 2020

Where is the voice of the people who consume and rely upon energy? Where is the voice of truckers, loggers, and motorists? Of schools, colleges, hospitals, and stores?


Cow burps and cars top causes of Addison County emissions

By Emma Cotton

Dec 13 2020December 11, 2020

New local-level data could help drive change as Vermont aims to cut 80% of emissions by 2050.


Don Keelan: The posse is formed — what next?

By Commentary

Dec 6 2020December 4, 2020

The term posse is quite fitting with its definition of “a force with legal authority.” Make no mistake; the Vermont Climate Council will take full advantage of such authority.


AG calls Global Warming Solutions Act constitutional; Scott admin still has reservations

By Kit Norton

Dec 3 2020December 4, 2020

Attorney General TJ Donovan, left, outlined on Friday how his office will enforce measures ordered by Gov. Phil Scott, right, to stop the spread of Covid-19 in Vermont. Photos by Kit Norton/VTDigger and Mike Dougherty/VTDigger

The Attorney General’s Office says it will defend any constitutional challenge to the law, which the Legislature enacted by overriding Gov. Scott’s veto. There are rumblings Scott might file a legal challenge unless the Legislature deals with his concerns early next year.


Scott Campell: Gov. Scott, please get on with it

By Commentary

Nov 30 2020December 1, 2020

More than 10 other states have greenhouse gas reduction requirements — not just aspirational targets. This is not a radical concept.


Scott administration floats a court challenge to the Global Warming Solutions Act

By Kit Norton

Nov 20 2020November 21, 2020

Susanne Young

At the first meeting of the 22-member climate commission, Secretary of Administration Susanne Young said that, while the governor wants to curb carbon emissions, the administration believes the Global Warming Solutions Act is unconstitutional.


George Cammack: Climate bill lacks details

By Commentary

Oct 27 2020October 27, 2020

Now that the state Senate has overridden the governor’s veto of the Global Warming Solutions Act, I want to know how, exactly, our state leaders are planning to achieve these targets.


David Kelley: An alternative form of renewable energy

By Commentary

Oct 25 2020October 25, 2020

If we are going to address the problems of climate change, we would do well to cultivate a renewed appreciation for the importance of small measures and personal responsibility.


Don Keelan: At your service

By Commentary

Oct 21 2020October 21, 2020

I believe I can be more useful to the 23-member Vermont Climate Council in other ways than serving on it.


Ben Edgerly Walsh: Governor fails to lead on climate action

By Commentary

Oct 9 2020October 9, 2020

Gov. Phil Scott has shown time and again that when it comes down to actually walking the walk on climate, he is unwilling to take action remotely close to commensurate with the challenge at hand.


Don Keelan: Global Warming Solutions Act sets up a government within government

By Commentary

Oct 6 2020October 7, 2020

The obvious goal is to have Vermonters discard all fossil fuel devices or equipment by the year 2030. I can’t imagine what boat owners will have to do.


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