Witness tells House committee H.740 is foundational for tracking fuel suppliers' emissions

Jared Duvall, a member of the Vermont Climate Council, told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee that H.740 — a bill to establish a greenhouse gas reporting registry for fuel suppliers — is “the single most important bill before the committee” because supplier-level data is a necessary precursor to effective pollution- and cost-reduction policies.

Duvall said Vermont currently has reliable statewide greenhouse-gas estimates through the Agency of Natural Resources’ inventory, but it lacks information tying those emissions to specific fossil-fuel companies. “If you don't measure it, you can't improve it,” he said, arguing that knowing who imports and sells gasoline, diesel, fuel oil and propane in Vermont is essential to holding companies accountable and designing targeted policy.