James Gustave Speth: Upending the status quo

Editor’s note: This commentary is by James Gustave Speth, who is the former dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, founder and president of the World Resources Institute, and cofounder of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He currently a fellow at Vermont Law School.
With the Trump administration doing everything it can to eliminate progress made in combatting climate change, it is particularly important for forward-thinking states like Vermont to take action. B