An environmental group has made good on its threat to sue the State of Vermont for allegedly not doing enough to reduce carbon pollution. The Conservation Law Foundation accuses the Agency of Natural Resources of not taking the steps necessary to ensure that Vermont is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as required under the state's 2020 Global Warming Solutions Act. Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore claims the state is likely to meet its 2025 emissions target, which is  26 percent below the 2005 level. The environmental group argues this claim is based on modeling that is “technically and mathematically insufficient.” Honest modeling “shows that Vermont is not, and by a significant margin, on track to achieve the 2025 Reduction Requirement,” the group claimed in its suit, filed Tuesday in Washington County Superior Court. “Vermont families and businesses are still reeling from repeated deadly storms and flooding. Climate change is here and it’s time for transparency, honesty, and immediate action,” Elena Mihaly, vice president of Conservation Law Foundation Vermont, said in a statement. CLF informed the state in July of its intent to sue, but state officials have not participated in settlement discussions. Mihaly told Seven Days this left her organization little choice but to sue. “We received notice of CLF’s lawsuit and will review it. We intend to defend the Agency of Natural Resources,” Attorney General Charity Clark said in an statement. CLF is now asking a judge to order the state to issue rules that will ensure the state meets the 2025 requirements, which are approaching fast. It also asks for attorneys fees and “further relief that the Court deems equitable and just.” Gov. Phil Scott pledged in 2017 that Vermont would abide by the Paris Agreement despite former president Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw. The accord, signed by 196 nations, sought to require emissions reductions sufficient to limit the earth’s temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, or lower. Scott opposed the 2020 Global Warming Solutions Act, however, in part because it turned his non-binding pledge into a legal requirement, and allowed people to sue the state if the state was missing the targets. Even Moore acknowledges that the state is on track to fall well short of meeting its 2030 goal, which is to get emissions down to 40 percent below 1990 levels. In its suit, CLF argues that by not…