Repowering Vermont: Replacing Vermont Yankee for a Clean Energy Future
June 11, 2009
CleanEnergy, Report
We are on the edge of making the biggest decision about Vermont’s energy future in the past 40 years. The choice to repower Vermont with renewable energy resources or commit to an additional 20 years of Vermont Yankee will determine the legacy we leave future Vermonters.
Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court Has Broken the Clean Water Act and Why Congress Must Fix It
March 9, 2010
CleanEnergy, Report
For decades, the Clean Water Act protected the Nation’s surface water bodies from unregulated pollution and rescued them from the crisis status they were in during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now these vital protections are being lost. This report details the threat to our Nation’s waters by examining dozens of case studies, and highlights the urgent need for Congress to restore full Clean Water Act protections to our waters.
The Right Track: Building a 21st Century High-Speed Rail System for America
March 9, 2010
CleanEnergy, Report
America’s highways and airports are increasingly congested. Our nation’s transportation system remains dependent on oil. And our existing transportation infrastructure is inadequate to the demands of the 21st century.
Vermont Body Burden Report
February 11, 2010
Report, HealthyEnvironment
The Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Vermont - a coalition coordinated by VPIRG - released a study that tested the bodies of Vermonters from all walks of life for toxic chemicals. The results? Vermonters are no safer from toxic chemicals than anyone else in the country. In fact, dozens of chemicals showed up in the bodies of all of the participants, many at levels suspected of causing health problems.
Entergy’s Incompetence and Deceptions
January 20, 2010
Fact Sheet, VTYankee
The recent discovery of a radioactive leak at Vermont Yankee, and Yankee owner Entergy’s latest evasions about it, are the latest episode in a history of deception the Louisiana-based company has compiled over the years, representatives from two Vermont advocacy organizations said today. Now, Vermonters can no longer trust Entergy to be honest about safety at the plant.
This is a timeline of Entergy's incompetence and deceptions regarding the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
Entergy caught red handed
January 14, 2010
Links, VTYankee
Letters sent on January 14, 2010 from the Department of Public Service to the Public Service Board and Entergy CEO Rick Smith regarding Entergy hiding the existance of underground pipes which are now possibly leaking radioactive tritium into area groundwater.
What We Learned From the Stimulus: And how to use what we learned to speed job creation in the 2010 jobs bill
January 6, 2010
CleanEnergy, Report
Stimulus money invested in public transportation projects created twice as many jobs as highway projects, according to a new report released today by VPIRG, in conjunction with the Center for Neighborhood Technology and Smart Growth America.
But if the Senate doesn’t make changes to Congress’ latest jobs bill this month, it will miss an opportunity to create more jobs, while reducing oil use and carbon emissions, by funding public transportation.
Some Key findings of the report are:
Over Exposed: The Impacts of bisphenol A on Public Health
December 14, 2009
Report, HealthyEnvironment
Bisphenol A (BPA), found in the 1930s to be a synthetic estrogen, is now a high-volume production chemical used to make epoxy resin and polycarbonate plastic. Approximately 7 billion pounds of BPA are produced globally each year for use in baby bottles, dental sealants, compact discs, water bottles, food cans, and a large variety of other items.
Pollution in People: Cord Blood Contaminants in Minority Newborns
December 14, 2009
Report, HealthyEnvironment
Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group have, for the first time, detected bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic component and synthetic estrogen, in umbilical cord blood of American infants.
