Vermont green groups urge Legislature to keep up climate change efforts

Associated Press: Vermont environmental groups are urging the Legislature to keep efforts to stem climate change at the center of its agenda. A half-dozen groups sent representatives to a State House news conference Tuesday to speak on issues ranging from the need for more money to weatherize Vermonters' homes to a ban on tar sands oil running through a pipeline that crosses northeastern Vermont. The Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Vermont Natural Resources Council, and the Building Performance Professionals...

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