Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin: "We've got to get off fossil fuels as quickly as we know how, to make this planet livable for our children and our grandchildren"

'Catastrophic' Vermont Floods Kill Three, Governor Blames Climate Change

"We in the colder states are going to see the results of climate change first," he said. "Myself, Premier [Jean] Charest up in Quebec, Governor [Andrew} Cuomo over in New York, we understand that the flooding and the extraordinary weather patterns that we're seeing are a result of our burnings of fossil fuel. We've got to get off fossil fuels as quickly as we know how, to make this planet livable for our children and our grandchildren."