VPIRG: 12,000 urge closing of Vt. Yankee

August 20, 2008

By Daniel Barlow Vermont Press Bureau

MONTPELIER – The Vermont Public Interest Research Group announced Tuesday that 12,000 state residents signed onto its campaign opposing the relicensing of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

The Montpelier-based advocacy organization said thousands of postcards from Vermonters opposing the Vernon nuclear facility and supporting renewable energy will be mailed out to lawmakers this fall and winter.

The postcards read, "It's about time Vermont Yankee retired" and will come just before the Vermont Legislature returns to the Statehouse for a new session, during which...

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