VPR News With Local Support, Environmentalists Hope To Stop Tar Sands Pipeline By Kirk Carapezza | January 7, 2013 In March, voters in Burlington will vote on a resolution that would oppose the shipment of tar-sands oil across northeastern sections of the state. Now, environmental activists want voters to put the issue on Town Meeting Day ballots in other towns.
VPR News Shumlin Sets Goals To Decrease Reliance On Fossil Fuels By John Dillon | December 15, 2011 Governor Peter Shumlin’s administration wants the state to get 90 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2050.