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ANR Needs to Hear From You Now on ATVs

This is an absolutely critical moment for you to weigh in with a short written comment if you support the ANR in repealing the rule. If the rule is not repealed, ATVs will be allowed on state land without a comprehensive plan for dealing with enforcement and resource damage for illegal riding.a

A Comprehensive Approach to ATVs in Vermont: Some Background

Please support the ANR in repealing the original rule and tell the ANR that a proper environmental assessment is needed in addition to addressing ATV policy in a more comprehensive fashion.

Support ANR’s Recent Decision on ATVs

Your help is needed to support the Agency of Natural Resources’ recent action to
repeal a Douglas administration rule allowing ATVs onto state lands in Vermont. The Agency of Natural Resources is now moving forward with this repeal. The ANR needs to hear from you that they are doing the right thing. They are accepting comments at an upcoming public hearing and through written comments.

PACE 2.0 - Strategic Fixes Needed to Important Energy Financing Program

Dozens of Vermont communities have expressed an interest in moving the clean energy financing tool known as 'PACE' forward locally. That's because PACE could provide a key mechanism for making up-front capital available to homeowners for investments in significant weatherization projects or home-scaled renewables. Unfortunately, federal mortgage backers like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have created some potentially debilitating stumbling blocks to the program. Now, an effort is afoot to address those issues and move the promising program forward.

Biomass Energy Working Group Takes Public Input

Stop the Circ Highway!

Remember the “Circ?” Well, that high-cost highway project in Chittenden County (which Bill McKibben calls a “global warming machine”) is back in the limelight at a critical stage of review. The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) needs to hear from as many Vermonters as possible by August 27 on the project. Our view? It’s a bad idea. It would destroy wetlands, waste money, and promote sprawl – all to save 4 minutes of travel time for the average commuter.

This Is It: Push Congress to Pass Comprehensive Climate Bill