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Featuring: Laura Sibilia, Independent | Vermont House of Representatives, Windham-Bennington District

Laura Sibilia explains the Municipal Energy Resilience Initiatives Bill to the Vermont Natural Resources Committee

Published February 4, 2022 | Video Starts at 08:15

And so we're increasing what communities will be able to do some planning and consulting and getting ready for and then keeping that funding in place. The grant funding in place specifically for municipal thermal projects reducing fossil fuel usage. I like this. I feel like it gets our humans connected thinking about climate, gets some dollars for assessing around resilience and puts in place a pot of money for the first type of projects. (08:15–08:24)

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Asserts that grant funding is designated for municipal thermal projects to reduce fossil fuel usage.

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