<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Folks, many of us have been supporting the DAPL resistance/water protectors. Here in Vermont, many are not aware of our own on-going resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure. Here are 2 easy, high impact opportunities to join the effort: a petition and a forum. Please sign petition and show up at the forum if able, and <i style="font-family: arial;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial;">please forward widely. </i></div><div>Thanks --Sue (Central Vermont Climate Action, a 350VT Node)</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div><strong>PETITION here</strong>: <a class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT12306_com_zimbra_url" href="http://350vt.nationbuilder.com/pipelinepetition" target="_blank" aria-haspopup="true" tabindex="0" style="color: #2398c9; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'open sans', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;" data-mce-href="http://350vt.nationbuilder.com/pipelinepetition" data-mce-style="color: #2398c9; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: none; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'open sans', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://350vt.nationbuilder.com/pipelinepetition</a></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fdfdfd;">One simple--but incredibly effective and purposeful--way to mitigate the climate crisis: pass a resolution that bans any new fossil fuel infrastructure. This is a petition to Governor Phil Scott articulating why we need to do this and asking that it happen now: no more pipelines that transport fracked gas, instead a total shift toward renewable energy to meet our goal of 90% renewable by 2050. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fdfdfd;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fdfdfd;">Will you read through and sign the petition? Central Vermont Climate Action thanks you for taking action on global warming right here in Vermont. As the petition says, Vermont is a leader, and we will innovate to find the solutions that will work! </div></div><div><br></div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"><br>Public Forum on the Vermont Fracked Gas Pipeline</span></strong></span><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Montpelier High School Auditorium</span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5:30 - 8:30 pm Wednesday, February 22</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On February</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6th eight people occupied the Department of Public Service and won a Public Forum with the DPS Commissioner!</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They, along with the Coalition to Stop the VT Fracked Gas Pipeline, are inviting you to join us and make it clear that we know the facts:</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gas is Expensive</span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gas is Dirty</span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vermont Gas Lied</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This occupation of the DPS was an attempt to stop the 11th hour of Phase 1 of the VT Fracked Gas Pipeline. If VGS is allowed to complete Phase 1 to Middlebury the next phase will bring this fracked fossil fuel to Rutland, dangerously close to the US grid and the International Market.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Why we have to stop this pipeline</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gas is expensive</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gas is temporarily cheap because of the explosion of the fracked gas industry, but without the infrastructure to distribute it. Once the pipelines and international shipping terminals are built the surplus of gas will shrink as supply meets demand on the international market. As demand finally catches up with supply the price will have to spike, regardless of what multinational fracking companies want us to believe. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That’s just how the market works.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What about “Mostly renewables by 2050”?</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Not only is 2050 probably about 20 years too late by all credible scientific estimates, the VT Fracked Gas Pipeline will keep Canadian methane flowing to international markets, and keep changing the global climate, no matter what our VT market is doing with gas or renewables.</span></p></li></ul><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Methane (“Natural Gas”) is a very dirty greenhouse gas.</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Methane has a </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">global warming potential of approximately </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">80 times</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> that of CO2</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> over the 20- year time frame, or 8,000%. That’s too much. (Source: the 2013 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/" data-mce-style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">). </span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This gas is fracked on Native Land, is financed by TD Bank just like DAPL, built by one of the same construction firms as DAPL, and will help bring on runaway climate change which will impact the worlds most vulnerable the hardest.<br></span></li></ul></ul><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">VGS Lies.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> DPS is working hand-in-hand with “Vermont Gas Systems”, part of a multi-national fracked gas conglomerate, while VGS bullies and deceives the VT public again and again.</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" data-mce-style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The original bid for the pipeline was just over $60M, then over $80M, now over $160M but, using a page from the tobacco industry playbook, they lie that their “</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">clean-burning natural gas</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">” pipeline is “</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On time and on budget” </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">in almost every press release.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They say this gas is going to continue to be affordable, but are knowingly saddling VT with the cost of this $160M+ pipeline plus the inevitable increase in the cost of gas. It’s ironic that this is partially </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">because </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">this pipeline will help global gas supply catch up with demand.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="list-style-type: circle; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Landowners and small towns along the pipeline route report constant deception and deliberate misinformation from VGS representatives from the start. </span></p></li></ul></ul><br><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please come show the DPS and your fellow Vermonters that you aren’t going let this irresponsible pipeline be built without a fight. We are looking forward to seeing you in Montpelier next Wednesday, but if you are unable to attend the forum but would like to make comments or provide input, you may contact the Department by writing to the Department of Public Service at 112 State St., Montpelier VT 05602 or by calling the Consumer Affairs and Public Information Division at </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">1-800-622-4496</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> or by e-mailing </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="mailto:psd.consumer@vermont.gov" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:psd.consumer@vermont.gov" data-mce-style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">psd.consumer@vermont.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Please cc Laura Simon from the Stop the Pipeline Coalition </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="mailto:simonlaura06@gmail.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:simonlaura06@gmail.com" data-mce-style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">simonlaura06@gmail.com</span></a></p><br><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please join us! </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1793284147555425/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1793284147555425/" data-mce-style="text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/events/1793284147555425/</a></span></p><div><br></div><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In defense of our communities and our future,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Coalition to Stop the Vermont Fracked Gas Pipeline.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(350VT, Just Power, Protect Geprags, the Make, The Upper Valley Affinity Group, Rising Tide VT, The Rutland Area Climate Coalition, and countless dedicated individuals)</span></p><br><div><br></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>