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Two resolutions before the city council Monday evening were energy related. One would implement a carbon pollution impact fee and regulate types of energy systems that can be used in new buildings. A second resolution would allow the Burlington Electric Department to provide steam power to a district energy system from the city’s McNeil generating plant.
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Results divide along party lines
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Non-binding question calls on state legislators to act
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A bill introduced in the U.S. House in January would impose “a fee on the carbon content of fuels… or any other product derived from those fuels…
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At the annual Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network meeting, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger called for the state to pass a revenue-neutral Carbon…
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Activists are hoping to build grassroots support for the Massachusetts legislature to approve some form of a carbon tax to combat global warming. Nine…
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World leaders are discussing the climate in Paris, but it’s very much on the minds of activists closer to home. Members of the Energy Independent Vermont…
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Supporters of a Vermont carbon tax say they've signed up the owners of more than 200 mostly small business owners who are advocating for the change.At a…
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A new coalition of environmental, business and advocacy groups has been launched in Vermont to push state legislators to impose a carbon tax. The…
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Back in 1993, the original proposal from the Clinton Administration on how to close the budget deficits that they had inherited upon taking office…