Rebates Help Tackle Vermont’s Number One Source of Carbon Pollution: Driving New State Electric Vehicle Rebates Combined with Utility Rebates and Tax Credits Stack Up to Big Savings for Vermonters, Making Driving Electric Even More Affordable Vermont’s electric utilities are letting customers across Vermont know they can now save up to $15,000 when they buy […]
AllEarth Rail is chugging along to move Vermont forward
Rethinking how we get around is hard Some can see the answers sooner than others Is AllEarth Rail too early for the market? More likely they’re right on time. Already, young adults are ditching their cars and seeking “alternative” ways of getting around. I think the other opportunity, supporting mass transit, is solving the final […]
The Real Way to Get Around
Alternative Transportation for a Sustainable Future A Guest Post from David Blittersdorf As we rapidly approach peak oil, we must begin to consider what our energy future will look like. It’s clear that renewables will be an essential part of it, but we won’t be able to completely replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources. We must […]
Dan Jones Commentary: More than what we pay at the pump
This commentary is by Dan Jones. A Montpelier resident, a Managing Partner of Net Zero Vermont Ventures and former chair of the Montpelier Energy Advisory Committee. I remember a time when oil costs were never considered. When I first got my driver’s license, I jumped at any chance to get behind the wheel. My mother would […]
Dan Jones Commentary: The Deep Costs of Our Mobility
Adapting to Changing Conditions This commentary is by Dan Jones. Dan is an energy activist in Montpelier, and former chair of the Montpelier Energy Advisory Committee. News Flash: One recent summer storm’s flood damage in Plainfield amounted to a third of the town budget, yet it wasn’t enough damage to warrant emergency Federal aid. The Plainfield select […]
Dan Jones: It’s Time to Revolt Against the Empire of the Auto
This commentary is by Dan Jones. Dan is an energy activist in Montpelier, and former chair of the Montpelier Energy Advisory Committee. For the past 100 years, Montpelier’s and central Vermont’s land use and economics have been determined by one overwhelming factor: the primacy of the automobile. When you include such items as road maintenance, plowing, traffic […]
