Transportation Hearings Across the State
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Climate & Energy
Build on Vermont’s Solar Success
Small-scale renewable energy is under attack in Vermont. Three utilities have stopped allowing Vermonters to go renewable and the state’s second largest utility has come out with a proposal that would make it far more expensive for its members to help build our clean energy future. Please take a minute to call your legislators and ask them to expand a law that has already helped thousands of Vermonters go solar.
New Report Exposes the Environmental Dangers of Fracking and Strengthens the Case Against Proposed Fracked Gas Pipeline Extension
As the Vermont Public Service Board considers a proposal to significantly expand the state’s long-term reliance on fracked natural gas, a new report out today measures the damage being done by this dirty drilling technology across the country.
News Release: Why VPIRG Opposes the proposed Fracked Gas Pipeline
Statement of VPIRG Executive Director Paul Burns concerning the proposed fracked gas pipeline to Middlebury VPIRG is the largest consumer and environmental advocacy group in Vermont. For over forty years, we’ve been involved in energy issues in the state – working to stop dirty, dangerous and expensive projects and support clean energy solutions. VPIRG’s …
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Get a ride to the fracked gas pipeline hearing!
Vermont Gas wants to expand Vermonters’ reliance on fracked gas. Its plan to build a pipeline to Middlebury is in front of state regulators right now. There are a couple opportunities to weigh in with them: Click here to tell the Public Service Board that more fracked gas is not in the public good, and …
VPIRG’s legal brief to the Public Service Board
Time and time again, VPIRG has exposed how Entergy regularly fails to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In the wake of Entergy’s decision to go public with its decision to close Vermont Yankee, the take-away point of a recent memo from VPIRG’s legal team rings especially true. Entergy’s adamant …
Stop the Fracked Gas Pipeline on Sept 10th
Vermont has a goal, put forward by Governor Shumlin and backed by the legislature, of getting 90% of our energy from renewable sources by 2050. Allowing expansion of a pipeline carrying fracked gas would lock Vermonters into dirty fossil fuels for decades to come. That’s incompatible with our state’s goals, and incompatible with a healthy, livable climate. Join us at the PSB hearing in Middlebury on Tuesday, September 10th to say no to the fracked gas pipeline.
Vermont Yankee is Closing!
Vermont Yankee is officially closing in 2014! VPIRG will be working with our partners to make certain that Entergy pays for the cleanup and fully restores our land so that it’s safe for future generations. THANK YOU to everyone who has supported the campaign to retire VY and transition Vermont toward a clean energy future.
Fight for your right to go renewable!
Over the past several months, three Vermont utilities have stopped allowing their customers to go solar, and a fourth has announced an impending slow-down. That’s wrong. Every Vermonter should have the right to generate their own renewable power, be paid fairly for it, and help build a legacy of clean energy for Vermont. Governor Shumlin …
Write a letter to the editor!
We need to show that Vermonters would support a decision to deny Entergy’s request for another 20-year permit to run Vermont Yankee, and we need to do it publicly. Thank you for taking the time to show your support for retiring VY by writing and submitting a letter-to-the-editor! It’s easy—just check out some of our …