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Ashe’s chief of staff pushed Montpelier School Board to leave associations
Peter Sterling, the chief of staff to Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe. File photo Editor’s note: Sterling insisted the interview Friday with VTDigger.org about his role in the Montpelier controversy...
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Senate staffer disputes facts of governor’s health care plan
Peter Sterling is chief of staff for Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe. File photoThe chief of staff for the Senate’s top Democrat is disputing information that Gov. Phil Scott’s office has put out in...
View ArticlePeter Sterling: Allaying concerns on universal health care
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Sterling, the director of Vermont Leads, a nonprofit organization working to educate the public about the advantages of implementing a publicly funded,...
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Political advocacy group pushes Sorrell to clarify campaign finance law
One Vermont political advocacy group is challenging the legality of another group’s activities in a dispute that’s part of a larger battle over Vermont’s campaign finance laws. Sharon Toborg, treasurer...
View ArticleRichard Davis: Not what it seems
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Richard Davis, a registered nurse and longtime health care advocate who is on the board of Vermont Leads. He writes from Guilford. Recently it was announced that...
View ArticlePeter Sterling: Single-payer a true solution
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Sterling, the director of Vermont Leads, a nonprofit organization working to educate the public about the advantages of implementing a publicly funded,...
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What will the election mean for single-payer?
Rep. Mike Fisher, D-Lincoln, chairman of the House Health Care Committee. Photo by Roger Crowley/for VTDigger For many observers, Rep. Mike Fisher’s defeat in the Addison 4 district came as a surprise,...
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What might transitioning to the federal exchange mean for Vermonters?
Republican lawmakers are calling for the state to scrap Vermont Health Connect and join the federal health care exchange, but the implications of such a move are unclear. Vermont Health Connect has...
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Single payer advocates rally support in Statehouse
The November election that unseated a number of Democratic lawmakers and nearly cost Gov. Peter Shumlin his job was not a referendum on the state’s plans for a single payer health care system,...
View ArticlePeter Sterling: Moving forward on health care reform
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Sterling, the director of Vermont Leads, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to enacting a universal, publicly funded health care system in Vermont....
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Advocate’s perspective: health insurance survey highlights
Earlier this week Gov. Peter Shumlin released the results of the 2014 Household Insurance Survey. The report showed Vermont’s uninsured population had dropped by nearly half to 23,000 people or a rate...
View ArticlePeter Sterling: Listen to health professionals – not economists – on obesity...
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Sterling, who is the director of the Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security. He is also the volunteer co-chair of the Alliance for a Healthier Vermont, a...
View ArticlePeter Sterling: Think twice before cutting Medicaid
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Sterling, of Montpelier, who is a longtime advocate for the creation of an affordable and universal publicly funded health care system. To paraphrase Mark...
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Sanders urged legislative leaders to pass $15 wage — it didn’t work
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., holds a rally in Washington in 2015 for a $15 minimum wage. Photo courtesy of Sanders’ office In January, Sen. Bernie Sanders requested a private meeting with the Vermont...
View ArticlePeter Sterling: Moving From Fossil Fuels to Renewables is the Key to Stopping...
Editor’s Note: This commentary is by Peter Sterling, the executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont, which is made up of businesses and others who believe that Vermont’s energy use must be from...
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Environmentalists balk at proposed exemptions for GlobalFoundries
Inside GlobalFoundries' semiconductor manufacturing facility in Essex. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Environmentalists say a proposed agreement between state officials and GlobalFoundries,...
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Vermont Conversation: Can Vermont reach its renewable energy goals?
Darren Springer, general manager of the Burlington Electric Department, speaks during a press conference held to announce the city’s progress toward its Net Zero Energy City goal on Monday, April 12,...
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Students, environmentalists protest GlobalFoundries’ ‘polluting deal’
Protesters stand outside the GlobalFoundries Essex plant on Tuesday, Oct. 26. Photo by Rachel Nostrant/VTDigger Local students and environmentalists staged a protest Tuesday night to condemn a plan to...
View ArticlePeter Sterling: Vermont’s dirty secret: State government is anti-renewable...
This commentary is by Peter Sterling, interim executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont, the voice of Vermont’s renewable energy business community. Talk to anyone who has tried to bring...
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Democratic candidates for US House talk energy, climate change policy at REV...
From left: Becca Balint, Molly Gray and Kesha Ram Hinsdale. File photos by Glenn Russell and Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Democratic candidates for an open U.S. House seat talked through their proposed...
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State’s Department of Public Service recommends cuts to net metering rates
Electricians install solar panels at a home in Barre Town. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger Vermont’s net metering rate is likely headed for another decrease. Over the last several years, the...
View ArticlePeter Sterling: Why is it easier to build a Dollar General than a solar panel...
This commentary is by Peter Sterling, executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont. Over the last decade or so while most of us weren’t looking, something very concerning has happened in Vermont: It...
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State seeks public input on broad array of climate-focused energy policies
Attendees of the Vermont Climate Council's public engagement event at Elmore State Park last year discuss present and future impacts of climate change that affect them on a daily basis. Photo by Emma...
View ArticlePeter Sterling: The Inflation Reduction Act just shattered the ceiling for...
This commentary is written by Peter Sterling, the executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont. Incredibly and finally, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has begun the shift to a clean energy...
View ArticlePeter Sterling: A Vermont solution to fighting climate change: 100% renewable...
This commentary is by Peter Sterling, executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont, a trade association of businesses working to get Vermont to a 100% renewable energy future. It’s 2023 and the...
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Peter Sterling: Vermont takes first step toward a fossil-fuel-free energy future
This commentary is by Peter Sterling, executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont. One of the proven ways to tackle the climate change crisis is to “electrify everything.” From the cars we drive to...
View ArticleTim Ashe taps Peter Sterling for chief of staff
The presumed next president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate has picked a lobbyist on progressive health care policies to be his chief of staff. Sen. Tim Ashe, D/P-Chittenden, said he intends to hire...
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Peter Sterling: Moving energy is the key to Vermont’s 100% renewable energy...
This commentary is by Peter Sterling, executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont, the nonprofit trade association representing businesses working toward a fossil-fuel-free future for Vermont....
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Utilities and environmentalists call for big reforms to renewable energy law
The solar array at Crossest Brook Middle School in Duxbury on Aug. 25, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In 2015, Vermont lawmakers reformed the state’s electric grid by requiring utilities to...
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A bill that would reform the renewable energy standard in Vermont clears key...
Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury, chair of the House Environment and Energy Committee, listens as the committee takes testimony on a proposed land use bill that would affect Act 250 at the Statehouse in...
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