Neary 100 local residents and concerned citizens packed the Norwich Congregational Church Monday night to hear from experts and discuss the implications of re-licensing Vermont Yankee, the state’s nuclear power plant. Currently, the plant is scheduled to close down in 2012, but its corporate owners are pushing for another 20 year lease on life for …
Schemes to Avoid New Laws Rampant Before the Laws Even Go Into Effect Advocates from national consumer groups Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, National Consumer Law Center and VPIRG’s national partners at U.S. PIRG urged the Federal Reserve Board to close loopholes in its proposed rules to prohibit credit card companies from using new …
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Today the Senate’s unveiled its health care bill – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Majority Leader Reid for introduced the legislation that will provide more affordable health coverage to America’s families and businesses, stop insurance company abuses, and provide the choice of a public health insurance option. The public option is in the …
The future of the country lies in the hands of its young people. Yet today more than 1/3 of America’s youth – aged 19-29 – lacks health care. Often dismissed as the “young invincibles” who don’t worry about health care, a new study from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group exposes a much different story. …
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Far from a solution to global warming, nuclear power will actually set America back in the race to reduce global warming pollution, according to a new report written by Environment America and released by its Vermont state affiliate, the Vermont Public Interest Research Group. VPIRG used the report as a basis for calling on state …
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Vermont Yankee can’t seem to get it right. As the Rutland Herald reports “Entergy’s Nuclear problem-plagued cooling towers have again been cited by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, this time for a low-level safety violation of the towers’ inspection program.” This happening as the decommissioning fund loses more funds, again. The decommission fund finished October at …
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An update from VPIRG’s federal consumer advocate in Washington, DC on reform efforts: “Today, Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) proposed a draft of a comprehensive financial reform bill that includes a strong stand-alone Consumer Financial Protection Agency. It’s a major step and we intend to work with him, Chairman Frank in the House and …
With critical environmental, economic and energy decisions to be made over the next year and in the upcoming legislative session, more than 200 citizen activists and over 60 non-profit organizations from across Vermont gathered this past Saturday at the Environmental Action 2009 Conference. Attendees learned how they can affect the state’s most pressing environmental issues …
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed historic health care reform legislation late last night! This landmark bill increases choice and competition while reining in costs. When Rep. Welch cast his vote in favor of the health care bill, he not only helped to get it passed, he stood up to the insurance industry that’s been …
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The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation to protect American communities from industrial and water facilities that use and store large amounts of highly hazardous chemicals. The House rejected efforts to gut the bill’s requirement that the most dangerous facilities implement safer technologies. The Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2868) will require …