{"id":1358,"date":"2024-06-10T15:10:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T19:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:24:31","slug":"vermont-sends-big-oil-gas-the-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/vermont-sends-big-oil-gas-the-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Sends Big Oil &#038; Gas the Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is well established that oil and gas companies damage the environment, so shouldn\u2019t they have to pay for cleaning it up?\u00a0 Vermont thinks so, so it has passed a law that requires them to do just that.\u00a0 The law was spurred by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/superfund\/what-superfund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/superfund\/what-superfund&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718099961529000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xL1x4GZu96v6glLCG_wQm\">Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s\u00a0 new program<\/a>\u00a0 that forces the companies to take responsibility for their activities, and although Vermont is the first state to pass such a law it won\u2019t be the last. New York, Massachusetts and Maryland are considering it, and others are sure to follow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"display-heading-04\"><strong>Vermont sends climate change tab to fossil fuel companies<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcitiesdive.com\/news\/vermont-enacts-state-superfund-act-oil-gas-companies-liable-for-climate-change\/718206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.smartcitiesdive.com\/news\/vermont-enacts-state-superfund-act-oil-gas-companies-liable-for-climate-change\/718206\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@bluecrabcrew\/climate-solutions-digest-9k51ck9cy\/widget?layout=Banner\" width=\"970\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is well established that oil and gas companies damage the environment, so shouldn\u2019t they have to pay for cleaning it up?\u00a0 Vermont thinks so, so it has passed a law that requires them to do just that.\u00a0 The law was spurred by the\u00a0Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s\u00a0 new program\u00a0 that forces the companies to take responsibility&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/vermont-sends-big-oil-gas-the-bill\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Vermont Sends Big Oil &#038; Gas the Bill&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1428,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions\/1428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}