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,...
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...
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,...
Energy Action Network and the State of Vermont have a shared commitment to achieving 90% renewable energy by 2050, as outlined in Vermont's 2016 Comprehensive Energy Plan (CEP). The first milestone of the CEP is 25% by 2025. Recent progress in the electric sector may...
Single occupancy vehicle trips alone make up almost 30% of Vermont's transportation related emissions. If we doubled transit and rideshare and cut those trips in half, that would result in reductions equivalent to eliminating the energy use from nearly 19,000 homes...
Prices for fossil fuels like propane and fuel oil have historically been the highest and most volatile. As of 2018, 78% of Vermonters were heating their homes with fossil fuels, and 53% with propane and heating oil, the two highest priced fuels.