Posted on 05/31/2024 12:51:45 PM PDT by Tell It Right
Vermont’s Republican governor has allowed the state to become the first to require oil companies to pay for “costs associated with climate change” without his signature, pushing the law through despite his hesitation about the policy. S.259, passed by Gov. Phil Scott (R) on Thursday, will establish a method to assess the responsibility for greenhouse gas-related costs of any entity that was engaged in extracting fossil fuel or refining crude oil between December 31, 2019, and January 1, 2000.
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Okay, so assuming those switched dates are now correct, doesn’t that make this an ex post facto law?
Not so fast, Vermont.
California and Washington have already implemented "Carbon Credits", which is just another scheme to extract slush funds from the oil industry. A Washington State auditor calculated our first year costs at $.50 a gallon (and was fired for it).
Welcome to the party, pal!
Vermont is a beautiful state. But the residents are, ugly to the bone, liberal crap heads.
Stay away from Vermont.
LOL........I saw the 2000 as 2020 until you mentioned it, and even for a minute afterwards.
It can be amusing the tricks the mind plays when it expects to see something other than what it actually sees.
They should simply stop doing business in Vermont.
Just raise the price and pass it down to the customer. They voted for it
vermont is a tiny market; the big petro corporations should simply pull out of vermont lock, stock, and barrel ...
Vermont is the home of nasty tasting syrup and stuffed teddy bears.
Yes you are wrong. There is a 20 year period in between those dates. It would be better expressed as Jan. 1 ,2000 to Dec. 31, 2019.
Wrong, the people of Burlington, Rutland, NYC, and Stanford Connecticut elect these fools. The rest of us suffer for it.
. . . or raise the price of oil and gas shipments to those states sufficiently to cover the cost.
Not very Republican!
Do you really believe any government official from Vermont is really a republican, in the true sense of being conservative?
Two problems. First, the legislation is probably written so that a company doesn’t have to do business in the state to be liable. Second, if a company refused suddenly refused to do business in the state over this, I’m sure the state would sue them to force them to continue (probably citing humanitarian and public safety concerns) and care to guess how that would go, considering the condition of our court system?
This!
No oil sales to Vermont!
Oil companies, mutual funds, stocks, 401k’s, ect take a hard hit, but better now than let this crap get outta control !
DO IT!!!!
See how Vermont likes it with no oil or gas, or heat in the winter! I guarantee it wouldn’t go a month before they cave!
Vermont is just another commie state.
In a few thousand years, the Great Cold will return, and last for quite a while. I would love to watch the future Comedy Channel showing AlGore and his minions stating “the Earth has a fever” as Vermont residents laugh and shiver.
To play with the liberal skulls full of mush, the oil companies should declare that they are immediately ceasing the use of fossil fuels, and will from now on only use clean, sustainable, renewable hydrocarbons.
The executives could also all show up to Congressional hearings in dresses and high heels. Any attacks could be met with accusations of sexism, racism, transphobia, and anti LGBTQWERTY.
Yep. No oil and gas for you, Vermont!
How far Vermont has fallen since the movie “White Christmas.”
Who are the clowns of Vermont going to assess for the last five major volcanoes that have pumped 100 billion tons of ash and vapor into the upper atmosphere since Jan 15, 2022??
I’m guessing VT doesn’t need “fossil” fuels.
It gets cold there and you can’t cut the trees for firewood.
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