TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

Material submitted through the TCI Public Input form from April 2019-February 2021 is viewable here. View input submitted from March 1, 2021 forward here. All material submitted on this page informed the participating jurisdictions in the 2019-2020 TCI regional policy design process. Click on the column headings to sort the submissions. 
First Last Affiliation City Statesort descending Input File
Dagnija Neimane Democrat Burlington Vermont
Governor Scott, please let Vermont join this organization for the love of the earth!

Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) states are developing a regional policy for low-carbon...
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glenn kreig none mount holly Vermont
Although this approach is not a good one, negatively impacting the rural Vermonters who must travel in their own vehicle, time has run out. Vermont must reduce carbon output so what choice do we...
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Alicia Leonard VT resident Isle La Motte Vermont
I don’t support this. It will hurt low and middle class families and local businesses. It will drive more people out of Vermont and hurt our economy.
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John Rosenblum None Calais Vermont
Please Support the Transportation and Climate Initiative. TCI benefits can and should help make Vermont more affordable for Vermonters living on the margins.
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James Burde Vermonter Jericho Vermont
I am writing to encourage Gov. Scott to join TCI today.



Whether or not Vermont joins TCI, we will pay. TCI will require fossil fuel depot operators to purchase an allocation for the...
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Julie A Kraus Vermont resident Bethel Vermont
This question’s answer is a no brainer and pure common sense. Join TCI now!
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Anne Damrosch retired Burlington Vermont
Governor Scott:

Please support the Transportation and Climate Initiative. There is no other issue which is more important. If we don't address the climate crisis all the other efforts...
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Maeve Power Vermonter Burlington Vermont
It is so crucial that Vermont joins TCI to reduce carbon emissions from our most polluting sector in a fair and equitable way.
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Emma Huvos Vermont resident Burlington Vermont
I'm confident that joining TCI will improve our transportation system, reduce carbon emissions, and provide an opportunity to better address issues of economic inequality. There are serious...
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Anne Reed Marshfield Conservation Commission Marshfield Vermont
We have to get off fossil fuels and in this initiative we are doing it in affiliation with surrounding states.it is a win/win for us and the climate.
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Josiah Klingler Vermonter Williamstown Vermont
Vermont really needs to do more to reduce emissions. A carbon tax would be great.
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Judi McCormick Mrs. Manchester Vermont
Please vote for Vermont inclusion in the TCI.



Increases in gross domestic product (GDP), disposable personal income (DPI) and employment;

Public health benefits from cleaner...
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Timothy O'Dell Various unpaid positions for Town of Corinth Corinth Vermont
Have become sick & tired of hearing carefully reasoned, public interventions to address market failures WRT unpriced externalities (think: TCI, Essex Plan) framed as nothing more than taxes....
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Jonathan Kinnersley Independent Brattleboro Vermont
Please be forward thinking and adopt measures now which will build a better future.

It is better to invest NOW, to bring us on to a path to a more sustainable future, than to have to pay...
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Marcie Gallagher Environmentalist Burlington Vermont
When will be the next time we have an opportunity to substantially reduce GHGs through a regional approach that will financially benefit the State, providing funds to promote climate initiatives...
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Charles Lindner Mr Norwich Vermont
TCI is a critical measure to address the climate emergency. The affordability argument from Governor Scott is a blindered understanding of the financial and human trauma that will result from...
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Kit Walker Independent Waterbury Center Vermont
Governor Scott,

Please support the TCI initiative. We owe it to our children and grand children to address the Climate crisis NOW.

No solution is perfect, but action is essential...
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kevin 050016161 117 wentworth way 301 leveret none white river jct Vermont
Vermont’s House approved HB 688 (the “Global Warming Solutions Act) by a vote of 105-37 on February 20th. They’re also working on the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI). But, Vermont’s a...
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Todd Dennis Resident of Vermont Tinmouth Vermont
Hi,



I am a resident of Vermont and I am opposed to the creation of the TCI. I attended a meeting, one of several held around the state, where we were told that this regional...
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Kevin Bessett VT Resident Richmond Vermont
Vermont has led the nation in climate-friendly initiatives, and that makes me proud to be a Vermonter. So, with the TCI, it should be a no-brainier that our state joins it.



We must...
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