Peter Sterling, Executive Director of Renewable Energy Vermont and one of the chief nit-wits in Montpelier lobbying for every policy imaginable to force you and me to cut our carbon footprints down to stone age levels (because of the “existential climate crisis”), was caught on a hot mic — during a Climate Council meeting no less!! — gleefully making plans for a spur-of-the-moment ski trip to Chamonix, France.
I seriously doubt he’ll be getting there by hitching a ride on Greta Thunberg’s catamaran. And since his captured conversation is with someone about buying a season lift pass, he won’t be hiking up those Alpine Mountains once he gets there.
Oh, the hypocrisy! Mere words can’t express, so let’s roll the tape….
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Rob Roper is a freelance writer with 20 years of experience in Vermont politics, including three years of service as chair of the Vermont Republican Party and nine years as President of the Ethan Allen Institute, Vermont’s free-market think tank. He is also a regular contributor to VermontGrok.