Episode 12

Transitioning to a low carbon future

March 19,2021 (pre-recorded 3/15/21): Vermont's largest contributions to greenhouse gases are transportation and heating. But, how do we transition a small rural state like Vermont to a low carbon energy system while also supporting businesses, residents, and working with existing infrastructure?

Matt Cota joins today's conversation. Cota's grandparents founded Cota & Cota which specializes in home heating, cooling, and plumbing services. He is also the Executive Director of the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association (VFDA).

A portion of our conversation included finding jobs and apprenticeships in Vermont's energy sector. Cota wants folks to know that anyone interesting in learning more about job or training opportunities can find information at the VDFA website: vermontfuel.com.

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker.



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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.