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.
Making Vermont Roads Safe for Bikes: Written Testimony to the House Transportation Committee.
February 22, 2022
The following is written testimony from Vermont Sierra Club Transportation Team member Karl Kemnitzer of Hartland, Vermont regarding Section 21 of the Transportation Innovation Act, H.522. While we are promoting vehicle electrification we must...
Broad Coalition of Organizations endorses Passage of S.148, the Environmental Justice Bill
February 17, 2022
On February 16, 29 organizations submitted a letter to Vermont Senators in support of S.148, the Environmental Justice Bill. The Sierra Club is strongly committed to ensuring that environmental justice principles are implemented across Vermont...
Is Vermont going to be innovative, or will it be a dinosaur living in the age of dirty fossil fuels?
February 10, 2022
NOW IS THE TIME to pass legislation in Vermont that protects the public health of communities, ensures equitable access to transit service, and acts on slashing climate emissions. Sixty members of the Vermont Legislature introduced the...
Vermonters Look to the Future of Transportation with the Transportation Innovation Act
February 1, 2022
As the soft, delicate snow gathers in heaps across Vermont, it isn’t hard to understand why so many people find this landscape breathtaking. The natural purity found along snowy peaks can only be described as serene to anyone driving through our...
Vermont Transportation Legislators Introduce Bold Legislation to Invest in Equitable Climate Friendly Transportation Solutions
January 14, 2022
Vermont Transportation Legislators Introduce Bold Legislation to Invest in Equitable Climate Friendly Transportation Solutions
Montpelier: H. 552, a proposal to address carbon emissions in the transportation sector, was introduced in the...
Vermont Chapter announces 2022-23 Candidates for the Executive Committee
January 12, 2022
The Vermont Chapter announces 2022-2023 Candidates for the Vermont Sierra Club Executive Committee. If you are a dues-paying member you will receive an email to vote for these volunteer leaders.
PETER MALICKY
My name is Peter Malicky and I’m...
Sierra Club Honors Rep McCormack
December 15, 2021
Vermont Sierra Club Honors State Representative Curt McCormack’s long history of advocating for an accessible, equitable, and environmentally-friendly transportation system.
On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, the Vermont Sierra Club honored...
Billions for Bike Incentives and Infrastructure in Build Back Better Act
December 6, 2021
Written by Rachel Fussell, Vermont Sierra Club Executive Committee Member, Stowe Vermont
Sierra Club Vermont has been hard at work trying to the worst effects of climate change through better and more equitable transportation solutions for all...
Join Us, We Need You
November 4, 2021
Sierra Club’s Vermont Chapter has protected Vermont’s environment for more than 28 years, but we’ve never seen a year like this. No one has been left untouched by the multiple crises we face—from the pandemic to record unemployment to racial...
Environmentalists, Students Gather to Protest Scott Administration’s Polluting Deal with Global Foundries
October 25, 2021
WHO: High School students from Chittenden and Washington Counties, Representative Tanya Vyhovsky (P/D-Essex) Vermont Chapter of the Sierra Club Rights & Democracy, VPIRG, 350VT.org, Renewable Energy Vermont
WHAT: Rally to stop the Scott...