VT Judiciary and Douglas Administration square off over proposed budget cuts;
enrollment for Catamount health falls short of projections; regional
initiative aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions gaining ground in
Northeast; NH fuel company fined $6,000 for 2 fuel spills in VT; Camp
Ta-Kum-Ta moving from Colchester; Deborah Luskin on boomers caught
between elderly parents and maturing children.
Vermont
Law School
professor Pat Parenteau talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about the ongoing debate
over whether states have the right to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from
vehicles.
Congressman Peter Welch is sponsoring legislation to allow
a group of 16 states, including Vermont,
to implement California’s tougher
auto emission standards.
Another federal court has ruled against the auto industry in its attempt to
block regulation of greenhouse gas pollution from cars.
The
ruling today from a U.S. District Judge in California supports a September decision by a federal judge in Vermont.
After almost two years of work, the governor’s commission on climate change has laid out a detailed plan for how Vermont can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% in five years; more…