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Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) and countless other Vermonters have been celebrating President Bidenâs recent actions to rejoin the Paris Climate Accords â including our very own Governor Phil Scott. The governor joined a bipartisan group of state officials in applauding the Biden administrationâs swift action to sign America back on to the legally binding, international treaty to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and preferably limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. While Scottâs words were heartening, as were his recent budget recommendations, our state has much more work to do if weâre truly going to walk the walk when it comes to taking just, meaningful, and measurable action on climate.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today signed H.138,
An act relating to fiscal year 2021 budget adjustments.
This annual budget adjustment includes technical mid-year adjustments to the current fiscal year (FY21) budget, but also includes important funding for ongoing Coronavirus response and relief needs as well as other priorities, including education and modernization of policing.
“I appreciate the work of the Legislature to move the budget adjustment bill forward so quickly.” said Governor Scott. “I also appreciate their willingness and partnership in supporting a number of initiatives we put forward within this bill, while continuing to work on other priorities like small business relief in another piece of legislation .”
BOSTON â House lawmakers, including all members of the Berkshire County delegation, rejected a proposed change in legislative rules Wednesday that advocates said would have increased transparency.
The change would have made the details of all committee votes public and required that public testimony on bills be available to the public upon request.
State Reps. John Barrett III, D-North Adams; Paul Mark, D-Peru; Tricia Farley-Bouvier, D-Pittsfield; and William âSmittyâ Pignatelli, D-Lenox, joined the majority in the 122-36 vote against an amendment that would have aligned the House language on committee votes and testimony with the Senateâs proposal, which advocacy groups such as Act on Mass have said provide constituents with better information.
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