VPIRG is looking for a few good activists
Are you looking for the chance to join a team of committed activists working to protect the public interest by working on a range issues affecting Vermonters? VPIRG is looking to fill three openings with candidates who are mission-driven, politically savvy communicators with strong project management skills. These are all full-time positions based in Montpelier.
read more »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.
read more »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 license extension. After generating thousands of constituent calls in to legislators in recent days, hundreds of Vermonters crowded the State House to witness the vote.
Click here for more on this historic victory, including pictures of the day’s events >>
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Repowering Vermont: Replacing Vermont Yankee for a Clean Energy Future
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.
View full report [pdf] »Weatherization skillshops coming up
An open letter to the VPIRG community from Clay Francis, VPIRG's new Clean Energy Advocate. Clay will be working with Clean Energy Program Director James Moore on building weatherization, heating fuels efficiency and other clean energy campaigns:
I just started as VPIRG's new Clean Energy Advocate in the middle of record setting heat waves, and probably the best part of my job so far has been seeing Vermonters react to the obvious effects of global warming here in our state. Vermonters don't just want to turn on the AC, they want to do something real about the heat.
read more »VT Environmental Action Conference coming up!
Last year, hundreds of Vermonters got together for the state's largest grassroots environmental gathering to share ideas, strategies and skills to advance a healthy and sustainable Vermont.
Join us for this year's Environmental Action Conference on Saturday, Nov. 13th in Randolph. Details coming soon! Register at vtenvironmentalaction.org.
Hosted by: Toxics Action Center, True Majority, VLCV, VNRC, VPIRG and VTC.
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2010 VPIRG Legislative Scorecard out
VPIRG has released its biennial scorecard of key votes in the Vermont State Legislature.
You can use the scorecard to find out how your representatives in the VT House and Senate voted on VPIRG-backed legislation to promote clean energy, reduce exposure to toxins, make health care more accessible and affordable and protect our democracy.
Click here to download the scorecard.
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2009-2010 VPIRG Legislative Scorecard
VPIRG produces a scorecard of key votes at the conclusion of each legislative biennium. You can use this year’s scorecard to find out how your representatives in the Vermont House and Senate voted on VPIRG-backed legislation to promote clean energy, reduce exposure to toxins, make health care more accessible and affordable and protect our democracy.
(If directed to a page with garbled text, please scroll to the bottom to download.)
View full report [pdf] »VPIRG urges candidates to lead on clean energy
As part of a summer long effort VPIRG's outreach staff has collected thousands of postcards throughout the state from Vermonters urging the candidates for governor to make clean energy a top priority in their campaigns.
On Tuesday morning over a dozen VPIRG canvassers took a short break from biking the roads of Vermont to continue their efforts at the Church St. Marketplace.
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VPIRG, thousands of Vermonters urge candidates to lead on clean energy
As part of a summer long effort, VPIRG's summer outreach staff has collected thousands of postcards throughout the state from Vermonters urging the gubernatorial candidates to make clean energy a top priority in their campaigns. VPIRG’s canvassers have talked to thousands of Vermonters across the state, and the message they’re hearing is clear; Vermonters want safe, clean, local energy.
