The Vermont Sierra Club blog is a tool to improve connections with our membership on a regular basis, to be more public about our stands on important policy issues, and to bring more people into our active circles of engagement. Check back here regularly for we will be posting here regularly in the coming weeks.
Addressing, As Well As Prioritizing, 100% ‘Always’, ‘Guaranteed’ Safety, Anywhere Any Time, Whenever Commuting/Traveling For Any Dignified, Honorable Individual MUST Be Expedited By Every Single Community Throughout The World.
August 25, 2022
It is very clear that the department of transportation modes (also known as the department of motor vehicles), MUST have much more stringent oversight when both learners’ permits are awarded and drivers’ licenses are awarded.
Make no...
Public Hearings announced for Clean Car and Clean Truck Rules
August 16, 2022
Last week after multiple delays the Interagency Committee on Adminstrative Rules moved forward with the Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Truck Rules. As these rules need to be adopted based on what California adopts we need...
Support letter for ACT/ACC II Citizens and Advocates
August 3, 2022
Subject: Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT), Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) II, Low NOx Heavy-Duty Omnibus, and the Phase II Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard rulemaking delay.
Dear Secretary Julie Moore and Interagency Committee on Administrative...
Climate Advocates Applaud Clean Transportation Measures in the Fy23 Budget and Transportation Bill
June 10, 2022
Measures are a good start in reducing transportation emissions.
June 10, 2022 (MONTPELIER, VT) – A broad coalition of environmental leaders applaud the transportation investments included with the enactment of the Fiscal Year 2023 Transportation...
Community Leaders Hail Enactment of VT’s First Environmental Justice Law
June 3, 2022
May 31, 2022 (MONTPELIER, VT) – A diverse coalition of environmental justice leaders celebrated the enactment of the state’s first-ever environmental justice law, which earned Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s signature on Tuesday. The bill, S.148,...
Transportation Climate-Related Highlights from the Legislative Session
May 19, 2022
Leading into the final year of the 2021-2022 Vermont Legislative Biennium, we had high hopes for progress toward achieving Vermont’s carbon reduction requirements while simultaneously helping Vermonters recover from the pandemic-related fiscal...
Electric Vehicle Pop Up Events-
May 9, 2022
This past Saturday the Vermont Sierra Club hosted an Electric Vehicle Pop-up event along the streets of Montpelier. Thanks to the dedication of EV enthusiast Mark Laxer in encouraging the Vermont Sierra Club to host a pop-up event as a method to...
VT Legislators Walk the Talk or should we say Drive the Jive!
April 15, 2022
On Thursday, April 13 the Vermont Legislature's Climate Solutions Caucus held their weekly meeting as an EV show and tell event. We applaud those legislators who advocate for climate solutions and walk the talk. Here are a few photos of these...
The Vermont Sierra Club Bicycle and Pedestrian Testimony, April 2022
April 12, 2022
The Vermont Sierra Club testified today to the Senate Transportation Committee on the need to make our roads safe for bicycles and pedestrians. Cleaning up Vermont’s transportation is about more than Electric Vehicles, for we also simultaneously,...
Regulating Dangerous Pollinator Killing Pesticides.(At a snail's pace)
March 29, 2022
A few weeks ago, the House Agriculture Committee passed a version of H. 626, an act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides. The revised version was written by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture staff. It tells the...