CLEAN ENERGY

Health risks, global warming, radioactive waste, degraded air quality, water pollution, and an unstable economic future are all consequences our reliance on nuclear power and fossil fuels. This reliance costs Vermonters and our local economy nearly $2 billion dollars every year.

Vermont can become 100% reliant on local renewable resources for all of our energy needs by 2030. Our energy use can be divided into three main sectors: electricity, transportation, and our buildings. To help create our clean energy future VPIRG is working in all three areas. Repowering Vermont and replacing Vermont Yankee will put us on the right track.


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Senate Votes to Close VT Yankee

By a margin of 26 to 4 the Senate voted to retire the aging Vermont Yankee nuclear plant as scheduled. This historic vote marks the first time a state legislature has been able to deny a nuclear plant a 20-year life extension. Find out how your senators voted here.

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SPOTLIGHT

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EPA: Greenhouse gases endanger human health

WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson scheduled a news conference for later Monday to announce the so-called endangerment finding, officials told The Associated Press, speaking privately because the announcement had not been made.

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