click to enlarge Jakob Owens | Unsplash Feeling worried about where you’ll get your next meal? If you are, you’re not alone. And if you’re not, chances are you know someone who is. Tens of thousands of Vermont residents have experienced a loss of income during the coronavirus pandemic. Since last March, roughly one in three of us has struggled to buy groceries. That’s a shocking statistic. Here’s another one: Just one in 10 Vermont residents is enrolled in the program that addresses this need most effectively 3SquaresVT, our state’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Like many federal programs that you pay into with your tax dollars think Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance 3SquaresVT exists to offer a helping hand during tough times.
The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending January 29th indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US fell by 192 billion cubic feet to 2,689 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 41 billion cubic feet, or 1.5% higher than the 2,648 billion cubic feet that were in storage on January 29th of last year, and 198 billion cubic feet, or 7.9% above the five-year average of 2,491 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 29th of January in recent years..the 192 billion cubic feet that were drawn out of US natural gas storage this week was a bit less than the average forecast of a 195 billion cubic foot withdrawal from an S&P Global Platts survey of analysts, but more than the 155 billion cubic foot withdrawal from natural gas storage seen during the corresponding week of a year earlier, and also more than the average withdrawal of 146 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have
ÉNERGIR SAYS THAT ITS BUSINESS MODEL IS CONSISTENT WITH 2 DEGREES OR LESS CLIMATE SCENARIOS
Vermont Business Magazine Énergir, LP today released its first-ever
Climate Resiliency Report, which follows the recommendations set by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. This report is the result of a rigorous initiative that gives Énergir confidence in the resilience of its business model over the 2030 horizon according to a scenario that limits global warming to 2 degrees or less by 2100 compared to preindustrial levels. Énergir is the parent company of Green Mountain Power and Vermont Gas Systems.
The central objective is to reduce by 30% the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to the use of natural gas of its customers in the building sector by 2030, and over the 2050 horizon, Énergir wants to steer its activities to become completely carbon neutral.
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Vermont Business Magazine Several community and business organizations have weighed in on Governor Scott s budget address, in which he outlined his plan for spending $6.8 billion. The governor has proposed using $210 million in one-time money on one-time initiatives. Much of that funding is going toward state technology upgrades, housing investments and economic opportunity.
Governor Scott Proposes Funding Increase for Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
In his Fiscal Year 2022 budget address delivered today, Governor Scott proposed a $20 million increase in funding to the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB). The funding would support the well-documented need to create more housing across the state and to accelerate Vermont’s economic recovery while also addressing community needs highlighted by the pandemic.