Vermont | Environment.org

Donald Trump’s justice department has asked a judge to shut down a Vermont law which holds major polluters financially responsible for climate damages.

In a brief filed on Monday in a federal court in Burlington, the administration said the policy was “unlawful on its face” and pushed the court to “end Vermont’s lawless experiment.”

“The Court should deny the motions to dismiss, grant the United States’ motion for summary judgment, declare the Superfund Act unconstitutional and unenforceable, and permanently enjoin Defendants from taking any actions to implement or enforce it,” Riley Walters, counsel to an acting assistant attorney general, wrote in the motion.

Passed in 2024, the Vermont policy — known as the Climate Superfund Act — requires major polluters to pay for their carbon emissions, which have warmed the planet and increased the intensity and frequency of extreme weather …

Creemees, Community, and Coalition: NSAC’s Summer Meeting in Stowe, Vermont

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The hills are alive with the Sound of NSAC

As we do every summer, NSAC coalition members recently gathered for our summer meeting, from August 4-7, in Stowe, Vermont. Located some 25 miles east of Vermont’s largest city, Burlington, and about 40 miles from the US-Canada border, we met at the Trapp Family Lodge (yes, that’s right – owned by the Von Trapp Family, from The Sound of Music!) in Stowe, nestled in the Vermont hills with Mount Mansfield looming in the distance over our meeting place. The location provided a soothing place to hunker down and put our heads together to strategize around our priorities and campaigns. The haze from Canadian fires did not deter some morning walks, nor did it deter our spirit to advance NSAC’s priorities.