The third annual “Rally for the Planet” is scheduled for Thursday April 12th, 2018. From 10am- 1:30pm, hundreds of Vermont middle school, high school, and college students will descend on the State House lawn in Montpelier to make clear to Governor Scott and the Legislature that the time for bold climate action in Vermont has come.
What: The third annual “Rally for the Planet”, featuring student speakers, youth performers and a chance for students to directly lobby their legislators.
Who: Middle school, high school, college students, and those simply young at heart who wish to see Vermont take bold climate action to protect future generations. Organized by the Vermont Youth Lobby.
When: 10 AM- 1:30 PM, Thursday, April 12th, 2018. Full Schedule available at http://www.youthlobby.org/rallyfortheplanet/
Where: State House Lawn, Montpelier, Vermont
Why: To make clear the necessity for climate action in Vermont in the face of the federal government’s abandoning of the fight against climate change and fact-based decision making.
Contact Information: Camille King, Harwood High School student, [email protected]
Although recognizing that the transition away from a fossil fuel dependent economy towards a cleaner, cheaper, healthier, and more resilient future will require a long term strategy, the students have three demands for action during the final weeks of the legislative biennium.
- Use all of Volkswagen “clean diesel” fraud settlement money to invest in electric school busses and other electrification projects;
- Put a price on the pollution causing global warming. The Governor should start by accepting the recommendation of his Climate Action Commission to study “decarbonization mechanisms” that would benefit the economy, protect the most vulnerable, and reduce pollution; and
- Ban new fossil fuel infrastructure in Vermont.
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