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House Considers Three Crucial Bills... Help Make Them Happen!

THIS IS IT! The Vermont House of Representatives is considering three critically important bills that will help protect the water, forests and farmland in Vermont and tackle climate change. There are only a few weeks left in the legislative session, and we need your help at this crucial time to ensure these bills become law! Click on the link to find out what you can do...
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The East Montpelier Groundwater Moratorium & the "Public Trust" Issue: A Mini-Documentary

Senate Passes Important Forest, Farm Conservation Measure

On March 27, Vermont senators voted decisively to improve Vermont's Current Use Program. The bill - S.311 - makes targeted improvements to the popular and broadly-supported 30-year-old program, also known as the Use Value Appraisal Program. The conservation and climate change combating benefits of the program have made strengthening it one of VNRC's biggest priorities. Read VNRC's reaction to the Senate's vote on the bill.

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VNRC's Dispatches From the Statehouse, March 26 2008

VNRC Report: Rivers and Streams under threat, ANR failing on enforcement

Construction contractors and the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) are failing to keep Vermont’s surface waters free of polluting runoff from construction sites. An on-the-ground review by the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) in the summer of 2007 revealed that developers across Vermont who are constructing single family residences, residential subdivisions, and linear projects as well as commercial properties are routinely violating the federal Clean Water Act and that ANR is failing to bring enforcement actions for those violations.
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Dispatches From the Statehouse, Feb 26

Dispatches From the Statehouse, Feb 20

Dispatches From the Statehouse, Feb 13

VNRC Statement on Advancement of the Energy Efficiency & Affordability Act

The two House committees charged with considering a bill that would expand thermal efficiency and renewable energy opportunities for Vermonters recently passed those bills out of committee. While S.209 is a step forward, unfortunately the current version of the bill fails to seize on some of the most promising opportunities to achieve savings. At the top of the list of lost opportunities in the current version of the bill is placing the purview of thermal efficiency programs under the umbrella of Vermont’s internationally acclaimed efficiency utility.
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Dispatches From the Statehouse for the Week of Feb 4

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