On Tuesday, a host of climate activists gathered in the Cedar Creek Room to raise the alarm about the state’s lack of action on climate change and to criticize Governor Phil Scott’s omnibus climate bill, recently released as H.289, which they dubbed the “rollback” bill. Members of the activist group Third Act, founded by Bill McKibben, were sporting shirts with the slogan “Our Time is Now” on the back. (Passersby could be pardoned for some confusion. Professional wrestler John Cena, who has long used that same tagline, was not, in fact, seen in the building.) The “Our Time is Now” clarion call is an apt metaphor for the moment. The administration, climate activists, and leadership in the legislature all seem to agree that the climate crisis is real and action is critical. What is the appropriate action? Therein lies the disagreement. Phil Scott’s omnibus bill seeks to roll back the Global Warming Solutions Act, which sets binding emissions reduction deadlines for 2025, 2030, and 2050. All sides agree Vermont lacks the policies to meet those deadlines. The Conservation Law Foundation is already suing the state for missing the 2025 targets, and any realist would recognize that at the current trajectory the 2030 deadline is even more elusive. The administration’s proposed new approach: A Climate Action Management Plan that wouldn’t be published until December of 2026, after the midterm elections. On the political front, many pundits have attributed recent Democratic losses in Vermont in part to backlash against the Global Warming Solutions Act. That might explain the relatively amicable, “wait-and-see-more” tone that legislative leaders have stuck to in response to the governor’s proposal. Folks in the activist community, not so much. At the event on Tuesday, they spoke with a strident tone, calling the omnibus proposal “ominous” and expressing consternation that the proposed plan was, in essence, a plan for another plan next year. But the political headwinds they face are palpable. The governor’s proposal weakens climate policy by making emissions targets non-binding, removing the right for citizens to sue for non-compliance, redirecting Efficiency Vermont funds to weatherization, limiting the Climate Council’s power, and rebranding the Renewable Energy Standard to include nuclear power. With all this on the table, environmental advocates will likely have to expend most of their energy playing defense. Curiosities: a weekly peek at the odd and intriguing happenings under the Golden Dome Casual readers of introduced legislation likely got a chuckle out of H.217, a bill that would ban geoengineering in Vermont. But while it’s easy to joke about chemtrails and conspiracy theories, this legislation touches on a more serious debate. Rep. Greg Burtt, a Republican from Cabot (and owner of the famous Burtt’s Apple Orchard), is the bill’s lead sponsor. “Geoengineering, maybe that's a term you're familiar with,” Burtt remarked to the House Agriculture Committee recently. “For instance, in April, in San Francisco Bay, a retired US carrier launched salt into the atmosphere to try and do cloud brightening in the area to attempt to locally cool ground temperatures.” Skeptics might be surprised to learn that the experiment Burtt referenced was well-documented by outlets like National Public Radio and the San Francisco Chronicle. And the motivation behind it? Concerns about climate change. Some environmental advocates argue that deliberate atmospheric interventions, such as solar radiation modification, could be a necessary tool in the fight against global warming, a topic that has often been debated in academic circles, including at MIT. “It’s concerning to me that some environmental proponents are saying we have to do something to cool the Earth or else,” Burtt told the committee. His concern isn’t outlandish, and it may help explain why his bill has 19 co-sponsors from wildly divergent political backgrounds. Large-scale geoengineering raises legitimate ethical and environmental quandaries, making it a topic worth serious discussion. Though H.217 aims to spark debate on climate intervention, it has become a magnet for those who believe something far more sinister is at play. For decades, conspiracy theorists have insisted that the government, or some shadowy force, is secretly releasing chemicals into the sky through “chemtrails.” (Spoiler: those white lines behind planes are just water vapor.) In Vermont, backers of this conspiracy theory have enthusiastically embraced H.217. And they have an ally in a high place. The nation’s new Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has previously tweeted about chemtrails, declaring, "We are going to stop this crime." Strange days, indeed.

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