The Vermont Department of Health reports strong evidence for the positive impact of home weatherization on general health, productivity, social health, and upper respiratory health. They estimate that the 10-year benefit of weatherization, in health and fuel savings, is nearly three times greater than the initial investment per household.
Further, a 2016
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It’s hard to look away from the climate crisis when it’s staring us in the face: the Midwest has been crippled by record breaking stretches of severe weather and the American West and the Middle East are sweltering through heat waves and fires. Meanwhile, runaway feedback loops appear to be underway in
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are on the rise statewide. We are now 16% above 1990 levels, and just 2% below peak 2005 levels. Between 2013-2015, emissions from transportation and thermal fuels together accounted for nearly 80% of Vermont’s overall emissions increase.
Our two biggest sources of emissions are transportation and thermal energy use
Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions have been increasingRead more …
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 – 5:00-7:00pm
Queen City Brewery, 703 Pine St, Burlington, VT
For our first Leveraging Change Speaker Series of the summer, we will look at the latest analysis from VEIC on Vermont’s energy burden: how much Vermonters are spending on energy costs relative to their income. Join EAN in conversation with
Vermont’s Energy Burden: A Conversation with Kelly LucciRead more …
The story of Vermont in two graphs:
Relative to other states, Vermont has low per capita energy-related carbon emissions, as you can see on the top graph. We are one of only six states with carbon emissions below 10 tons/person (note: accounting for all GHG emissions, we’re closer to 16 tons as
VT has relatively low per-capita carbon emissions, but those emissions are on the riseRead more …
