Dan Quinlan: Vermont must act now

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Dan Quinlan, the chair of Vermont Climate and Health Alliance who is an independent consultant and who works in nonprofit management. He has worked with hospital executive teams across New England on capital investment programs centered on energy efficiency and renewable energy.
About a year ago, a group of Vermont physicians, veterinarians, nurses, public health folks and other medical/health professionals (now the Vermont Climate and Health Allia