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Total Energy News | January 2025
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Earth breaks yearly heat record, lurches past dangerous warming threshold
Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, exceeding 1.5°C in temperature increase
AP News
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New data shows just how bad the climate insurance crisis has become
Two congressional reports make clear that, with increasingly frequent hurricanes, floods, and fires, “the model of insurance as it stands right now isn’t working.”
Grist
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Trump freezes Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure-law funding
The pause throws tens of billions of dollars of lawfully designated clean energy funding into uncertainty. It’s likely to face challenges in court.
Canary Media
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Data Download | Addressing affordability: Why fossil fuels are not the answer
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Profile | Climate Workforce Coalition
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The Climate Workforce Coalition hosted by EAN has an updated webpage to highlight the work of the coalition and coalition partners. We welcome additional resources from Network members and partners to add to the site.
This coalition will be gathering in person in Montpelier on January 29th to hear from the Department of Labor, Efficiency Vermont, and EAN about climate workforce initiatives, and to have a chance for deeper discussion. If you are interested in attending this meeting, contact Cara: cara@eanvt.org for an invitation.
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Zero-emission heating equipment standards: An emerging strategy to reduce pollution from buildings | EAN Leveraging Change Speaker Series event
Lena Stier, EAN’s Data Manager and Research Analyst, will facilitate a conversation with Emily Levin (NESCAUM) and Nancy Seidman (RAP) about the history of standards for new equipment, what is happening in other states, and considerations for advancement in Vermont.
Thursday, February 6th | 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., in Montpelier
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Building Resilience in Rural Communities Speaker Series: Regional Planning and Leveraging Nature as Climate Infrastructure
Join local and national partners to explore innovative solutions for building resilience in Vermont.
Monday, January 27th | 12:00 – 1:30pm, online
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VECAN Webinar: New Vermont Bond Bank Loan Program: A Significant Cost and Pollution-Reducing Opportunity for Communities
The Bond Bank has $40 million to deploy in Vermont through a new loan program now available to Vermont municipalities. The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program is a low cost loan program (~2%) for units of government to undertake energy projects.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 | noon, online
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VBSR Climate Resilience for Businesses
Join VBSR and Vermont leaders in Montpelier for this VBSR People.Planet.Prosperity. Speaker Series event to explore insights, data, and systems of support for businesses adapting to climate change.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | 5-6:30p.m., Montpelier
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VEEP/NHEEP Summer Institute for teachers
This year’s theme is Define, Design and Do! Climate Solutions in Your Community. How can we integrate real-world problem solving, joy, and impactful climate solutions into our schools and communities? Come work and play with VEEP in the White Mountains of NH to approach these questions together.
June 23-27, 2025, World Fellowship Center, Albany, NH
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EAN Network Action Teams
EAN Network Action Teams meet regularly. If you are interested in joining meetings of the Weatherization at Scale Coalition, the Climate Workforce Coalition, or other teams, or if you want to learn more about their work, contact Cara: cara@eanvt.org
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Vermont Climate Council Meetings
All Vermont Climate Council meetings and subcommittee meetings are open to the public, with all details on the Climate Council website.
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The Vermont Total Energy Ticker
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Clean heat standard is less expensive than previously thought, though not ‘well suited to Vermont,’ commission says
The state has “a long history of implementing innovative and effective programs to reduce energy use,” commissioners wrote, and it would be more effective to build on existing programs rather than create a new policy.
VTDigger
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Capitol Recap: Republicans — and some Democrats — seek to roll back Vermont’s climate mandates
Nearly four years after Democratic lawmakers enacted some of the most aggressive emissions-reduction mandates in the nation, it’s unclear how, or even whether, elected officials will be able to honor their commitment.
Vermont Public
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Vermont Viewpoint on WDEV
David Zuckerman speaks with Jared Duval about energy and climate issues, including home heating and energy affordability.
WDEV
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