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Youth Lobby tells Vermont energy committee: defend Climate Superfund, fund greenhouse-gas reporting
Summary
Students from Youth Lobby urged the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure committee to ensure funding and defense of Vermont's Climate Superfund Act, push for greenhouse-gas reporting for transportation and heating, and invest Superfund revenues in resilience after recent floods.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Students from Youth Lobby told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure committee on Jan. 29 that Vermont must continue implementing and funding the Climate Superfund Act and expand greenhouse-gas reporting to better prepare for climate-driven disasters.
Representative Kathleen James opened the session and invited the students to introduce themselves and present their requests to the committee. "We are constantly changing and shifting to work towards our climate goals, and we ask the same of you," Jane Schafer, a junior at Harwood Union High School, said in testimony about Youth Lobby's long-running civic efforts.
Astrid Longstreth, a sophomore at Mount Mansfield Union High School, urged lawmakers to defend and fund the Climate Superfund Act and asked state leaders to ensure the Agency of Natural Resources has "enough funds to…
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