Senator Bernie Sanders announces opposition to wind moratorium
On Monday, VPIRG’s Executive Director, Paul Burns, joined Senator Sanders to publicly oppose rolling back Vermont’s commitment to building clean energy projects in-state.
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News Release: Groups announce plan for energy and climate action agenda
A coalition of environmental, energy, and business groups today announced a clean energy and climate protection plan for Vermont. Collectively the groups represent thousands of Vermonters calling for prompt and ambitious action on clean energy and climate change.
Robinson: At home with the wind
VPIRG supporter, Andy Robinson, penned this op-ed that was run in VTDigger.org on January 17, 2013.
Washington Electric Co-op Opposes Wind Moratorium
The Board of Directors of Washington Electric Cooperative, voted on January 9, 2013 to oppose a moratorium on wind development in Vermont stating, “It would be a serious, regressive and damaging mistake to enact an arbitrary moratorium, or to set conditions whose apparent intent is to make sure no wind projects can get built. Climate change is already affecting us, as Vermonters, and as utilities responsible for reliable delivery of power.”
VT Enviro Groups Slam Wind Moratorium
A proposed three-year moratorium on renewable wind energy development in Vermont was roundly criticized today by some of Vermont’s leading environmental organizations, including the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Conservation Law Foundation, 350Vermont, Sierra Club Vermont Chapter, Vermont Natural Resources Council, Citizens Awareness Network, National Wildlife Federation’s Northeast Regional Center, and the Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance
President Obama, Congress Save Wind Power in Fiscal Cliff Agreement
For Immediate Release: January 2, 2013 MONTPELIER, VT – Today President Obama will sign into law a bill that extends key tax credits for wind power and averts the ‘fiscal cliff.’ The main federal incentives for wind power – the renewable energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the offshore wind Investment Tax Credit (ITC) – …
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Wind Turbine Health Impact Study: Report of Independent Expert Panel
A number of new wind projects have been built in Massachusetts in recent years. To ensure renewable energy developments can be built while maintaining the health and well-being of project neighbors, the Commonwealth convened an extensive study of public health concerns. Their scientific, peer-reviewed study concluded that there are no health impacts that can be …
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Wind Power for a Cleaner America: Reducing Global Warming Pollution, Cutting Air Pollution and Saving Water
Global warming is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. Our over-dependence on dirty and dangerous fossil fuels only exacerbates the problem. The solution—developing clean renewable sources like wind power, a resource that already displaces about 68 million metric tons of global warming pollution a year. Read the report here!
Clean Energy Under Seige: Following the Money Trail Behind the Attack on Renewable Energy
As the development of renewable energy sources—wind in particular, continues to increase, so does the oil and gas industry’s fear that one day fossil fuels and renewables will be on a level playing field. As a result, the oil and gas industry hasn’t shied away from pumping millions of dollars into efforts to defeat clean …
Vermont Energy Generation Siting Commission
In October 2012, Governor Shumlin appointed a commission to look at the energy generation siting process in Vermont. The committee is tasked with making specific recommendations for how the state might improve the siting process when compared to other states, as well as how to best integrate public participation in the process. Read the report …