At the “Defend Democracy” rally in April, Governor Peter Shumlin roused the crowd with a lively list of all the broken promises made by Entergy since they bought Yankee. He told Entergy to go home to Louisiana, so we can … Continue reading
Wednesday May 23rd, 5:30-8:30pm, Brattleboro Union High School: The NRC is coming to town to hold an “Open House” and “Public Meeting” about their GREEN LIGHT 2011 safety assessment of VT Yankee. Click here for the NRC’s PR and link … Continue reading
REFLECTIONS ON MARCH 22 “This is what a nuclear free movement looks like” Selected press & blog links to 3.22 coverage can be found on our Action Center 3.22 page, at our YouTube page and our Facebook page. MARCH 24th: … Continue reading
Judge Murtha issued an injunction prohibing the state from closing VT Yankee until the appeals court makes its decision. Further, “Judge J. Garvan Murtha ordered Monday that state law can’t be used to prevent Vermont Yankee from storing highly radioactive … Continue reading
March 21: Mark the last day Vermont Yankee is legally operating in the State of Vermont with the Peace Pagoda walkers from our sister reactors. They arrive around noon at Vermont Yankee. At 4pm, there is a vigil at the … Continue reading
Yesterday, hundreds of people spent the afternoon and evening reflecting on the one year anniversary of the disasters in Fukushima. While waiting for the buses to carry them and their evacuation gear to Vernon, people talked about how they chose … Continue reading
On Saturday morning, Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell announced that he will file an appeal in the Entergy v. Vermont lawsuit. The opinion that Federal Court Judge Gavin Murtha handed down on January 19th could have been written by the … Continue reading
Check out our new Pledge page! Take The VY Pledge Safe and Green Campaign and the SAGE Alliance want to show Entergy, the NRC, the Public Service Board, and the Governor that thousands of citizens pledge to take action to … Continue reading
“Act 160 and a single provision in Act 74 – requiring affirmative legislative approval for storage of spent nuclear fuel after March 21, 2012 – are held to be preempted by the Atomic Energy Act…” You can read the decision … Continue reading