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Vermont conservation groups present 2025 Common Environmental Agenda; urge focus on implementation, resilience and tools for transportation and heating decarbon
Summary
Vermont Conservation Voters and the Vermont Natural Resources Council presented the 2025 Common Environmental Agenda on April 1, urging lawmakers to fund implementation of recent climate and environmental laws and to create durable tools for decarbonizing transportation and heating.
Representatives of Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) and the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) presented the 2025 Common Environmental Agenda to the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on April 1, asking lawmakers to prioritize implementation of recent climate and environmental laws and to develop policy tools for decarbonizing the transportation and heating sectors.
Dan Fingus, executive director of Vermont Conservation Voters, and Lauren Hurrell, executive director of the VNRC, summarized the agenda and the coalition of 19 organizations that signed on. “Since 1982, our mission has been to defend and strengthen the laws that safeguard our environment,” Fingus said, describing VCV’s goal of advancing policies that protect air, water, land and public health.
Presenters highlighted four broad priorities: (1) implement and fund the recent suite of climate and resilience laws, including flood‑safety measures and…
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