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Montpelier student urges committee to preserve Vermont's Global Warming Solutions Act
Summary
A 17-year-old Montpelier High School student told the Natural Resources & Energy Committee that rolling back the Global Warming Solutions Act would harm Vermont's future, citing 2023 flooding and impacts on local farms and his school.
Sam Boyce, a 17-year-old junior at Montpelier High School, told the Natural Resources & Energy Committee that Vermont should not weaken the Global Warming Solutions Act and called for continued climate action.
"Climate change does affect the youth of Vermont," Boyce said, arguing that changing the law would send a message that the state does not view climate change as urgent. He told the committee he plans to study environmental science in college and described the Act as "the right direction for climate action in Vermont."
Boyce told committee members he has seen the local impacts of extreme weather. "I witnessed the flooding firsthand in Montgomery and saw how much damage it actually did to…
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