Organization threatens to sue Vermont over key carbon emissions reduction deadline [Video]

THE STATE OF VERMONT IS FACING A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT FROM an environmental law firm. the group says the state is behind – and it’s not going to meet next year’s deadline to reduce the state’s carbon footprint. NBC5 STEPHEN BIDDIX EXPLAINS. 00:00:23:03 <IT’S NOT A SUGGESTION IT’S THE LAW OF THE LAND.> THE CONSERVATION LAW foundation HAS FILED A NOTICE OF LAWSUIT TO THE STATE of Vermont. The notice is specifically CALLING OUT THE AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES. THE environmental firm BELIEVES VERMONT IS NOT ON TRACK TO MEET IT’S 2025 LEGALLY BINDING GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT DEADLINE. reducing EMISSIONS by 26% FROM where they were in 2005. 00:01:42:14 Elena Mihaly, Vice President of Conservation Law Foundation Vermont <WE THINK IF PROPERLY CALIBRATED THE MODEL IT WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW WE’RE ON TRACK FOR MATERIAL FAILURE AND THAT’S SOMETHING VERMOTNERS NEED TO KNOW.> THE foundation – which focuses on preserving new …