Peter Shumlin on Environment

	Peter Shumlin on Environment

VT should divest from coal and ExxonMobil

California recently passed a bill to divest state funds from dirty coal, and explore divesting from Big Oil. Our small state must partner with California, which manages hundreds of billions of dollars of state funds, and divest Vermont of coal. While we await the California study on oil, Vermont should not wait to rid ourselves of ExxonMobil stock. Source: 2016 State of the State speech to Vermont legislature , Jan 7, 2016

Advance the redevelopment of brownfields

Vermont will receive $2 million from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help advance the redevelopment of brownfields in Vermont. Brownfield redevelopment for Vermont communities has led to the creation of jobs, new housing and more green space.

A brownfield is as property with the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant, complicating the expansion or redevelopment of the site.

Source: 2011 gubernatorial press release, "EPA Funding" , Jul 22, 2011

Clean up Lake Champlain: federal waivers & local flexibility

A clean Lake Champlain is critical to our quality of life and our attractiveness to tourists, anglers, boaters and birders who share our love of our lake. Although we protect our great lake with Quebec and New York, much of the water runs through our state, and its cleanliness is as crucial to our economic vitality as it is to our culture and our health. Lake Champlain provides drinking water for more than 200,000 people, while the state's reputation for environmental quality and lake stewardship reflects upon all of us. We must make faster progress in cleaning up the lake. I will work together with our Congressional delegation and President Obama to seek waivers that will enable us to place federal dollars in a central pool that would give our communities and farmers the flexibility to maximize our efforts and get results. The time for talk is over; we must clean up Lake Champlain. Source: 2011 Vermont State of the State Address , Jan 25, 2011

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