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Do-It-Yourself Weatherization Skillshops Protect Your Ground Water Day Do-It-Yourself Weatherization Skillshops Do-It-Yourself Weatherization Skillshops Do-It-Yourself Weatherization Skillshops Do-It-Yourself Weatherization Skillshops Date/Location Change! – VNRC's 2010 Annual Meeting Date/Location Change! – VNRC's Gubernatorial Debate Timber, Road, and Trail Construction and Maintenance Workshop Do-It-Yourself Weatherization Skillshops Do-It-Yourself Weatherization Skillshops Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival 2010 Environmental Action Conference |
![]() Education and AdvocacyThere Is No Better Time for a Shift in Energy PolicyThe Gulf Coast oil catastrophe is the epitome of what’s wrong with our national energy policy. For many, it’s also become the most prominent and deeply devastating ‘wake-up call’ for kicking our addiction to oil now. Letting a Crisis Go to Waste?There is certainly a lot to worry about these days. The catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico — which is devastating the livelihoods of thousands, drowning wildlife in oil and irrevocably ravaging ecosystems — is the most recent and deeply disturbing of our nation's worrisome events. Op-Ed: A Perfect Storm for Clean Energy InnovationHow are we going to meet our energy needs, both now and far into the future? Nations, communities and individuals are pondering this question with an increasing sense of urgency. Fortunately a perfect storm is brewing across Vermont ― one that holds promise of a new, green, clean and locally-based renewable energy future for the Green Mountain State. Vermont’s perfect storm has three basic aspects... Vermont Energy and Climate Action NetworkThe Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network — VECAN — is a collaborative of statewide nonprofit and membership-based organizations, including VNRC, who's goal is to start and strengthen town energy committees. 'Atlas' Maps Vermont's Renewable Energy OpportunitiesOn Earth Day 2010, the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund released its eagerly anticipated renewable energy mapping tool - Renewable Energy Atlas of Vermont. This GIS-based web application uses state-of-the-art technology to identify, analyze and visualize existing and promising locations for renewable energy. The Atlas is an accessible tool for any interested Vermonter seeking more information about potential resources out their back door. The VSJF specifically also targeted the tool to serve as a resource for Vermont's growing network of community energy committees. Vermont Senate Denies Vermont YankeeOver 250 Vermont Yankee opponents gathered at the State House on February 24 for the Senate's vote to decide the future of Vermont's sole nuclear power plant. They asked lawmakers to retire Vermont Yankee in 2012 - as planned. In an overwhelming, bipartisan vote, the Vermont Senate yesterday chose to do so, sending one loud, clear message: “The time is now to retire Vermont Yankee.” The vote was 26-4. Close Vermont Yankee As Scheduled: There’s a Better Way ForwardThe operating license of Vermont’s aging and decrepit nuclear power plant is scheduled to terminate in 2012. Vermont Yankee’s owners, Louisiana-based Entergy, are seeking a 20-year extension to operate the imperiled facility. Vermonters have a huge stake — and, thankfully, a voice — in what will likely be one of the most significant decisions regarding public safety, our energy future, and Vermont’s reputation for environmental stewardship, that the state will ever face. Read VNRC's reasons for closing the plant, as scheduled, in 2012. VNRC Moves to Intervene in Vermont Yankee ProceedingAs elevated levels of radioactive isotopes continue to leak into groundwater surrounding the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant - and potentially into neighboring drinking water wells - VNRC today filed a motion to intervene in the docket before the Public Service Board on Vermont Yankee. VNRC cited our interest in protecting the state’s groundwater – a resource legally held in trust for the common good of all Vermonters – and the critical need to assure the state interprets the new groundwater public trust law correctly. VNRC Motion to Intervene in PSB Proceeding on Vermont YankeeRead VNRC's 'Memorandum in Support of of Its Motion to Intervene' in the Public Service Board Docket regarding the Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee power plant. Why Risk Our Economy for Vermont Yankee?
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