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Tar Sands Free VT

350VT is mobilizing several actions to keep VT tar sands free. 29 Towns passed Tar Sands Resolutions yesterday!!! Hip, hip, hooray! Watch Bill's message about why this is so important. Video here.  And view the pipeline route here.

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Transportation for Livable Communities

350Vermont's transportation initiative is focused on transforming Vermont's transportation system to strengthen community, improve health and opportunity for all people, foster a sound economy, and protect our natural resources.

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Fossil Fuel Freedom

Because energy is the framework of society, our vision of our energy future is really a vision of our future society. Formulas that consider the well-being of the few at the expense of the planet cannot be used to shape the future we seek.

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Vermont voters say NO to tar sands oil (March 6th, 2013)

by Brian Tokar March 5th was Town Meeting Day in Vermont and, following a long tradition of our towns taking a stand on issues of wider importance, at least 29 towns, including Montpelier and Burlington, overwhelmingly passed resolutions opposing the proposed transport of tar sands … Continue reading

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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words (March 4th, 2013)

This picture of Andy standing on the exposed Portland Montreal Pipeline was submitted to the Fish, Wildlife, and Water Resources Committee at the Statehouse last month, along with the following testimony authored by Mikayla McDonald (less than 1000 words!). •   … Continue reading

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We are overwhelmed no more! (February 18th, 2013)

Just got back from DC early this morning.  Were you there?   Today is a rest day after the tremendous push of the last weeks, feeling the buzz and glow of 50,000 people coming together around climate change.  50,000 people … Continue reading

Bill addresses the Vermont Legislature (February 1st, 2013)

It’s time for Vermont to invest heavily in climate solutions and there is no time to waste.  That was the message Bill McKibben gave to legislators in his address at the Statehouse this Wednesday. What follows is the full text … Continue reading

Tar Sands Free Town Resolution Update (January 30th, 2013)

Meet the 24 Vermont towns that have succeeded in getting resolutions against tar sands on their Town Meeting agendas, thanks to the amazing mobilization and effort of volunteer organizers across Vermont! From the City of Burlington (pop. 42,417), to Walden … Continue reading

Tar Sands and Town Meeting Day (January 10th, 2013)

By Gregory Dennis Vermont Town Meeting is traditionally a forum for issues that are local and often relatively small—how much money to spend on mosquito control, for example. But sometimes the matters brought to Town Meeting are global and large. … Continue reading

Take Action to Keep the East tar sands free (January 4th, 2013)

Friends: The next two months are full of landmark mobilizations, in our region and beyond. In Canada, the Idle No More campaign is growing into a powerful force for indigenous rights and environmental justice; in February, we’ll convene in Washington … Continue reading

Think About the Transportation Sector (December 10th, 2012)

Originally posted at Huffington Post by Bill McKibben and Lawrence J. Hanley Superstorm Sandy has made it clear that no matter how hard some politicians try to ignore climate change, climate change will not ignore them — or any of … Continue reading

Recent news suggests “Dirtiest Oil on the Planet” headed to New England (December 1st, 2012)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 30, 2012 Vermont groups call on U.S. State Department to require full environmental review of cross-border tar sands pipeline proposal before it is too late Canada’s mega-oil pipeline company Enbridge filed regulatory documents today to … Continue reading

350 New England Convergence (November 9th, 2012)

Climate change must come off the political back burner and become a national priority. We must build a people’s movement more powerful than the moneyed interests of business as usual. Ready to upend business as usual? Ready to fill the … Continue reading


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