In which a company finally signs the Fair Election Principles, a thread… 🧵

Objects In Mirror May Be Larger, Or Smaller, Than They Appear thevpo.org/2023/05/13/obj…

Our responsive to Phil Scott for Vermont’s veto of the budget today. We now have an opportunity to fix this housing crisis and do the right thing. 1/3 #vtpoli

Tomorrow! Hear the results from Scoopers United in-front of the church street store

Ben and Jerry’s has voluntarily recognized Scoopers United . Thank you Kate Logan, Vermont State Rep for verifying these results today.

Today Ben&Jerrys voluntarily recognized the Scoopers United union following an overwhelmingly supportive card check officiated by VT State Rep, Kate Logan. We look forward to a sweet and collaborative future and want to thank all the incredible people who got us to this point.

Lawyers with Vermont Legal Aid filed a class-action lawsuit against state officials on Tuesday, a last-ditch effort to stop the imminent eviction of homeless people living in motels as part of a pandemic-era housing program 7dvt.co/42fdUBz

Employees of Ben & Jerry’s flagship store in Burlington took another step toward forming the ice cream chain’s first union on Tuesday. #btv vtdigger.org/2023/05/30/ben…

How the affordable housing crisis drives homelessness marketplace.org/2023/05/30/how…

Tenants are taking over the State Capitol for #GoodCause 👊👊👊

"These are fundamental violations of due process and Vermont law,” says Laura Gans, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, “real, vulnerable Vermonters will be gravely harmed.” An estimated 2,800 people will become ousted from their motel rooms on 6/1 and 7/1 bit.ly/3OOXvAO

If we want the legislature to look like the average Vermonter then we cannot pay the legislature less than the average Vermonter.

I’m LIVE on the floor of the U.S. Senate to oppose the Republican effort to repeal President Biden’s action to provide up to $20,000 in student debt relief to over 40 million Americans. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

By focusing on helping the most gasoline-burdened drivers switch to EVs, this bill sets an important precendent. Thanks to State Senator Becca White Kate Logan, Vermont State Rep Rep Gabrielle Stebbins Burlington Electric VPIRG

As an eleventh-hour attempt to block the eviction of roughly 800 unhoused people from a state-funded shelter program played out in court Thursday morning, individuals who have been staying at motels packed their belongings. #vtpoli vtdigger.org/2023/06/01/aft…

Brenda Siegel Christ this is unconscionable

Thursday marked the first of several waves of evictions planned for this spring and summer, as the state winds down pandemic-era programs that have sheltered an estimated 80% of Vermont’s unhoused population in motels. #vtpoli vtdigger.org/2023/06/01/aft…

Eight things the world must do to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange 1. Stop methane emissions 2. Stop deforestation 3. Restore degraded land 4. Change what we eat 5. Go #RenewableEnergy 6. Use energy more efficiently 7. Stop burning #FossilFuels 8. #ActNow theguardian.com/environment/20…

Awesome work, Professor Mark Jacobson Mark Z. Jacobson Switching the world to 100% #RenewableEnergy will cost $62 trillion, but the payback would take just 6 years #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #EnergyTransition #WindWaterSolar #WWS cleantechnica.com/2022/09/06/swi…