Reposted from VTDigger. Gov. Peter Shumlin touted Vermont’s progress in the renewable energy field with the signing of three bills at a small hydroelectric and solar project Friday.
Reposted from WCAX. NORTH MONTPELIER, Vt. – With the sun beaming down on his pen, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law legislation aimed at supporting Vermont’s renewable energy industry.
Reposted from VPR. The governors of New England and the premiers of eastern Canadian provinces have set ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gases.
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Reposted from VPR. Some advocates would like to see Vermont towns go back to the renewable energy future by relying more heavily on hydroelectricity.
Reposted from VTDigger. It was do or die for the energy bill on Wednesday. After a fight on the Senate floor over the House proposal to expand the buildout of renewable energy projects over the next 10 years, the legislation was on life support by Tuesday night.
Reposted from Caledonian-Record. Sen. Joe Benning, R-Caledonia-Orleans, did his best to get a two-year wind moratorium passed by the Senate in the waning days of the 2012 session.
Reposted from VTDigger. Editor’s note: Josh Schlossberg is the editor of The Biomass Monitor. High temperature records in Burlington recently were broken for two days — March 13 and 18. The frigid, snowy winters that thrilled me when I first moved to Vermont at age 17 have become mild and bare, almost disingenuous.
