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Health care advocate Gekas sets sights on lieutenant governor office

Cassandra Gekas. VTD file photo/Josh Larkin Cassandra Gekas is known for her work inside the Vermont Statehouse as a tenacious advocate on health care and women’s issues. Until now, she has never run...

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Internal VPIRG drama unfolds in the media

Rumors began to swirl early this week that Paul Burns, executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, had fired the advocacy organization’s health care lobbyist immediately after she...

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YES, In My Backyard! Local solar power celebration in Charlotte on Aug. 19

Press Release: YES, In My Backyard! Local Solar Power Celebration in Charlotte Public Event: Sunday, August 19th, 3pm – 6pm Where: 100 Ten Stones Circle, Charlotte, VT Over the past year, large solar...

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VPIRG releases scorecard for 2011-2012 legislative biennium

NEWS RELEASE — VPIRG September 5, 2012 Contact: Paul Burns: VPRIG executive director 802-223-5221 x.12 802-793-1985 (c) Montpelier, VT – The Vermont Public Interest Research Group released its...

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Vermont Right to Know GMOs joins coalition of states for mandatory GMO labeling

NEWS RELEASE Oct. 25, 2012 CONTACT: Andrea Stander, Rural Vermont 802-223-722 or 802-522-3284 (cell) andrea@ruralvermont.org Falko Schilling, VPIRG 802-223-5221 or falko@vpirg.org Enid Wonnacott,...

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VPIRG urges lawmakers to require super PACs to disclose contributors within...

VPIRG executive director Paul Burns called on Friday for better disclosure of super PAC funders, arguing that this year’s elections had been corrupted by Vermonters First’s spending. Burns urged state...

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Just in time for the holidays: VPIRG issues warning about toy store perils

Children play at the Turtle Island Children’s Center in Montpelier. Photo by Alicia Freese VPIRG is urging consumers to be vigilant when shopping for toys. Three days before Black Friday, VPIRG...

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Joan Mulhern, former VPIRG advocate and Earthjustice lawyer, dies at age 51

Joan Mulhern, a longtime environmental advocate and former advocate with the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, died on Tuesday at the age of 51 after a long illness. Mulhern started VPIRG’s...

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Wright’s campaign finance legislation would increase filings, require donor...

Rep. Kurt Wright, R-Burlington, and other lawmakers spoke Thursday at a Statehouse press conference on campaign finance legislation they plan to introduce next week. Photo by Andrew Stein Lawmakers and...

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Sanders opposes state wind moratorium proposal

Paul Burns, executive director of VPIRG, holds up a photo of fracking. Photo by Andrew Stein Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., just jumped into the middle of one of the Vermont Legislature’s hottest debates....

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Democrats take their turn blasting campaign finance disclosure laws

Democratic Party chair Jake Perkinson, Speaker of the House Shap Smith, Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell, and Secretary of State Jim Condos unveiled the Democratic edition of campaign finance...

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Grassroots forums organized around the state: “Vermonter​s demand labeling of...

NEWS RELEASE — Vermont Right to Know Coalition February 18 , 2013 Contact: Cat Buxton, Field Organizer, Cedar Circle Farm: (802) 359-3330 or, cat@cedarcirclefarm.org David L. Rogers, Policy Advisor,...

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Senate Health and Welfare Committee advances VPIRG bill protecting families...

For Immediate Release: March 15, 2013 Committee approves measure to protect children and firefighters from toxic chemicals Contacts: Lauren Hierl, VPIRG, 802-223-5221 ext. 25 (office); 860-670-2629...

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VPIRG: Vermont gets C+ on financial reporting

What a difference a year — and a lot of work in the intervening 12 months — makes. After receiving a failing grade from U.S. Public Interest Research Group for financial transparency, the Vermont...

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New England groups say federal government must develop safety standards for...

Earlier this week, a coalition of environmental, wildlife and conservation groups from across New England filed a petition with the federal government to develop safety standards for pipelines pumping...

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Vermont leads nation in collecting discarded mercury thermostats

News Release –  Mercury Policy Project Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Contact: Michael Bender, Mercury Policy Project, 802-223-9000, Mercurypolicy@aol.com Lauren Hierl, VPIRG, 802-223-5221, lauren@vpirg.org...

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Advocates push for bill requiring labeling of genetically engineered food

VPIRG consumer advocate Falko Schilling addresses the press, while Robb Kidd, left, of Rural Vermont and Annie Annie Gaillard, right, of Hardwick’s Buffalo Mountain Coop show their support of a House...

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House OKs GMO labeling bill, sets up Senate action in 2014

The Vermont House voted 107-37 on Thursday to advance a bill that would require the labeling of foods derived from genetically modified organisms. The vote marks the furthest any such legislation has...

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Facing climate change: How green are we?

Floodwaters from Irene tore away sections of roadway on Route 100 on Aug. 28, 2011 in Lower Granville. VTD/Josh Larkin Editor’s note: “Facing climate change” is a monthly series on the impact of rising...

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Vermont officials, groups respond to Obama’s climate change address

Barack Obama speaks to a crowd of supporters on the University of Vermont campus on March 30, 2012. Photo by Ceilidh Galloway-Kane President Barack Obama this week delivered a speech on climate change...

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