Reposted from VTDigger.   This year’s energy bill passed Friday afternoon after weeks of uncertainty.

Reposted from VTDigger.   Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Rebecca Ryan, director of health promotion and public policy at the American Lung Association in Vermont   The renewable energy policy decisions Vermont policymakers make will affect two of the state’s greatest resources: its forest and its people.

Reposted from VTDigger.   In legislative committees on natural resources and energy this session all the buzz is about two bills that would require mandatory renewable portfolio standards.

Reposted from VTDigger.   Editor’s note: Josh Schlossberg is the editor of The Biomass Monitor.   I’m sure I’m speaking for most Vermonters when I thank Sen. Leahy, Sen. Sanders, Rep. Welch and Gov. Shumlin for pushing the federal government to increase fuel-assistance dollars so Vermonters can afford to heat their homes over the winter.

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