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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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.
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View full report [pdf] »Breaking: Feds won’t interfere in VY’s retirement
On Wednesday VPIRG and a number of our allies met with the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and got some great news.
One of Entergy’s key scare tactics has been the idea that the feds might force Vermont to allow Yankee to continue past its expiration date. Now the NRC has indicated they'll respect Vermont's right to choose our energy future.
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Breaking: Feds won’t interfere in VY’s retirement
On Wednesday July 14th VPIRG Clean Energy Program Director James Moore met with the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the NRC - the arm of the federal government that regulates nuclear plants) and a number of our allies in the campaign to retire Vermont Yankee, and got some great news.
Chairman Gregory Jaczko said, in essence, that the NRC won’t be interfering with the Vermont legislature’s decision to retire Vermont Yankee on schedule.1
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.
VPIRG looking for 2 new staff members
VPIRG is looking for the right two people to fill out our year-round staff team here in Montpelier. We are currently accepting applications for the positions of Development Associate and Field Organizer. The right candidates are mission-driven, politically savvy communicators with strong project management skills. These are all full-time positions based in Montpelier.
read more »Yankee narrowly avoids emergency shutdown
Just days after announcing a new radioactive leak and weeks after fixing an ongoing leak of tritium, VT Yankee narrowly avoided a shutdown on Wednesday due to yet another leak.
Despite Yankee's near constant problems, Entergy executives are doing everything they can to get the 38 year old plant relicensed past its current expiration date.
Click here to find out more and email your legislators. >>
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