Roll Call! Senate Asserts Government Authority to Audit State Contractors (23-6), 2023
Climate Council Discusses “All Economy” Carbon Tax
Why settle for new carbon taxes on just gasoline, diesel, and home heating fuels when you can apply a carbon tax to EVERYTHING! Implementing an “economy wide” “cap and invest” (wh... Read more
Commentary: The Climate Council’s “Carbon Tax PLUS” Agenda for Vermont
As gasoline prices hover around record highs, putting tremendous pressure on family budgets, stressing businesses, and making life generally more expensive, the Vermont Climate Co... Read more
Commentary: A Legislative Wrapup for 2022
The 2022 legislature did a respectable job avoiding the dangers of too much money to spend, but its mo... Read more
Commentary: Heating Fuel Tax Dead – for Now
On May 11 the short life of the Clean Heat Standard (CHS), promising “clean heat for a cooler planet”, came to sudden but probably not final end.
Roll Call! Senate Overrides Gov Pension Veto (30-0), 2022
Roll Call! House Redistributes Ed Funding, Prepares Tax Relocation and Skips Overhaul (123-11), 2022
Senate Committee Contemplates Adding Motor Fuels to Clean Heat Standard
On Monday, the lightbulb went off over the heads of the members of the senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee that the Clean Heat Standard bill (H.715) that they are curren... Read more