As Published on VTDigger, May 4, 2023 : Gish, Duval & Adams: Affordable Heat Act is not the climate action we need May 4, 2023, 7:07 am This commentary is by Chris Gish, Peter Duval and Ashley Adams. Duval lives in Underhill and participated in a Vermont Public Service Board investigation of environmental externalities. Adams, a business owner, lives in Burlington. Gish, a farmworker, lives in Burlington and organizes with Stop VT Biomass. The  Affordadable Heat Act,  S.5, would be a major step back for climate action in Vermont. The core of the bill was developed in closed-door meetings by some of Vermont’s biggest polluters, bypassing grassroots environmental groups and the Climate Council. It heavily favors biofuels that would push Vermont further from its climate goals.  As S.5 has advanced to the governor’s desk — likely to be vetoed and returned to the Legislature for further debate and a veto override attempt — more than 30 organizations and 230 individuals have signed a le