Over the past few months, the legislature has been hard at work addressing the immediate needs of Vermonters as the COVID-19 crisis has unfolded.
At the same time, the other challenges and crises facing our state and our world have not gone away. Over the past week, the legislature has been able to begin shifting some of its time to focus on these other pressing issues. The Senate has passed two bills aimed at the causes and impacts of the climate crisis – and they're taking up the House-passed Global Warming Solutions Act in committee.