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 …
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 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.
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 …
Champagne: Bottle bill needs to be part of new recycling regs Reposted from VT Digger By Beth Champagne, a member of the North Country Coalition for Justice and Peace in St. Johnsbury who writes on environmental, climate change, farming and energy issues. Clearly and calmly, one after another, Vermonters challenged the Agency of Natural Resources …
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 …
Reduce – Reuse – Recycle: it’s a catchy tagline, but it’s a lot trickier to figure out how to truly get the job done. In fact, you might be surprised to hear that Vermont’s recycling rate is falling behind many other regions. The state has finally gotten serious about this problem, and they hired a …
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In a celebratory event in front of the State House, dozens of VPIRG organizers released the results of the largest summer outreach campaign ever. Since the beginning of May, VPIRG canvassers going door-to-door have collected approximately 30,000 signatures in support of GMO labeling legislation, which is pending in the state Senate.
Second Circuit demands an impossible standard in siding with Entergy Louisiana over the interests of Vermonters The Second Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to open government and rational decision making today when it issued a decision siding with Entergy Louisiana in its fight to continue operating the troubled Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The …
Have you seen what over 25,000 postcards look like? I hadn’t before, and I don’t think our Vermont State Senators will have either – until August 15th! That’s the date when we’ll be delivering the first wave of these messages to a set of legislative champs we hope will carry the GMO labeling bill to victory …
