![]() “According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the climate crisis is both caused and exacerbated by greenhouse gas emissions that result from human activity. ![]() Consider, for example, the language in the Global Warming Solutions Act (2020), which Democrats recently passed over the governor’s veto: The Vermont Legislature has an overwhelming Democratic majority, which apparently does not prevent the passage of laws that conflict with laws Democrats have already put into effect. It would seem that living within a self-contrived contradiction is an unavoidable feature of representative government and, perhaps, even of being human. The state not only abides this contradiction, but it abides the Agency of Agriculture to engage in a disinformation campaign to assert that the state regulates farms to protect its water. This is not really hypocrisy, as when opposing ideas emanate from a single body representative government is not a single body. The state can - and often does - pass laws that produce results in contradiction to laws already in effect. ![]() He and his wife, Suki Fredericks, live on Oliver Hill Farm in Leicester, the third certified organic dairy in Vermont.Īs everyone knows, movie scenes are not shot in sequence, which requires the editors to include someone whose responsibility it is to assure that events appear in their proper sequence in the final product, a job known as continuity.Ĭontinuity seems like such a good idea, but continuity or self-imposed consistency does not seem to be a necessary feature of laws that emanate from representative government. This commentary is by James Maroney, a retired organic dairy farmer who holds master’s degrees in business administration and in environmental law and policy. To submit a commentary, follow the instructions here. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers.
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