Clear Impact logo O

VERMONT'S ENVIRONMENT IS CLEAN AND SUSTAINABLE

Why Is This Important?

Measures

Current Target Value
Current Trend
Baseline % Change
I
2019act186
% of public drinking water supplies in compliance with health-based standards
2020
99%
100%
1
5%
I
2019act186
Total greenhouse gas emissions per capita, in units of annual metric tons of equivalent carbon dioxide per capita
2015
15.96
6.67
3
11%
I
2019act186
% of Vermont’s rivers and lakes (excluding Lake Champlain) that meet State water quality standards for fishing
2018
80%
100%
3
0%
I
2019act186
% of Vermont’s rivers and lakes (excluding Lake Champlain) that meet State water quality standards for swimming
2018
85.00%
100.00%
1
1%
I
2019act186
Changes in total phosphorus loading to Lake Champlain from Vermont sources in metric tons per year
2017
734
418
1
16%
I
2019act186
Number of days air quality in Vermont posed a moderate or greater risk to sensitive populations;
2018
76
0
2
-33%
I
2019act186
Disposal rate of municipal solid waste in pounds per person per day
2018
3.82
2.69
2
6%