On January 25, 2024, Conservation Law Foundation’s Elena Mihaly emailed the Secretary of Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources saying they were working were dark money groups, VPIRG, VNRC, and others to advance S.259, the “Make Big Oil Pay/Climate Superfund” bill.
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March 2024 ANR communications discussing the status of S.259, and that Justin Mankin would be testified on methodology “to assess costs from extreme heat, but has not yet been applied to other hazards like flooding or droughts.”
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Emails between ANR Secretary and her Deputy expressing concerns about S.259, noting that it was making Moore “particularly anxious” and that “they haven’t done it before, it is theoretical at this point.”
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April 2024 correspondence between ANR Secretary and Justin Mankin determining when to discuss his methodology on climate attribution.
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In April 2024, ANR Secretary of Justin Mankin coordinate to discuss climate attribution.
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In April 2024, ANR discusses meeting with individuals who research climate attribution.
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In April 2024, ANR’s Climate Action Office circulates a memo on S.259, detailing the research and cost needed to implement the bill.
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In April 2024, ANR Secretary forwards Vermont’s Treasurer details about the climate attribution used by Justin Mankin.
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In late April 2024, ANR staffer discuss connecting with researcher Richard Heede to connect on a cost recovery formula.
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In May 2024, ANR Secretary forwards information about S.259 to CLF’s Elena Mihaly.
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In May 2024, Justin Mankin pushed back on whether or not attribution science was ready for Vermont.
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In July 2024, ANR’s Secretary forwarded an RFI to Justin Mankin for his input on implementing Climate Superfund.
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In September 2024, Conservation Law Foundation requests a meeting with ANR about implementing Climate Superfund.
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In December 2024, ANR’s Secretary requests talking points on “Make Big Oil Pay” for an interview, and the Climate Action Office confirms that climate attribution science “analysis has never been done for flooding.”
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In December 2024, ANR submitted a member to the Treasurer’s Office to outline the workflow needed to implement Climate Superfund laws.
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In January 2025, ANR prepared a “Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Report to the General Assembly.”
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In May 2025, Conservation Law Foundation pushed back to ANR about receiving an RFP “addressing methods for assessing the costs of adaptation and resilience measures.”
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