Category Archives: Events

F-35 Silent Vigil & Meditation

Posted on May 3, 2019

Citizens Silent Vigil and Meditative Protest Against F-35A in Vermont A group of concerned Windham Country area citizens will conduct a Silent Vigil & Meditation on the Whetstone Path at the Brattleboro Food Co-op on Thursday May 9, between 4:00-5:00 … Continue reading →

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Coalition Annual Meeting 10/21/2017

Posted on October 12, 2017

The New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (NEC) has been fighting for public citizens’ health and safety for over 40 years and are currently parties to the VT Public Utility Commission hearings on decommissioning. Please support NEC at their annual … Continue reading →

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Power Struggle Sneak Previews

Posted on October 16, 2016

After 7 years in the making, local area filmmaker Robbie Leppzer is holding two “Sneak Preview” benefit fundraiser screenings of his new 104-minute feature-length documentary film, POWER STRUGGLE, which chronicles the grassroots political battle to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear … Continue reading →

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VT Yankee: Regenerations & Power Struggle

Posted on September 12, 2016

The documentary Robbie Leppzer has been working on since 2010, entitled “Power Struggle,” will premiere this fall.  Mark your calendars: Sunday 2pm on 10/23 at the Academy of Music in Northampton, and it will open Brattleboro’s Film Festival on Thursday, … Continue reading →

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DPS Public Hearing 11/18: Advocating for Change

Posted on November 17, 2015

For the last few decades, countless cases about VT Yankee have been heard at the Public Service Board, including the sale to Entergy, the uprate, dry cask storage #1 and now dry cask storage #2. The Dept of Public Service … Continue reading →

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Nov. 10: Vernon Public Hearing on Proposed Gas Plant

Posted on November 2, 2015

We will be attending a public meeting on November 10 in Vernon at 6:30pm at the elementary school. The Vernon Planning Commission will present its proposal for a gas plant to be located in Vernon, which will be connected to … Continue reading →

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Nina Swaim Memorial

Posted on October 30, 2015

For four decades, Nina Swaim, from Seabrook to Wall Street to the gates of Vermont Yankee, Nina Swaim wrote, testified, and was arrested battling nuclear power and nuclear weapons, with wit, intelligence and passion. A gathering to commemorate her life … Continue reading →

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The NRC’s Magic Wand

Posted on June 29, 2015

Here is our latest e-newsletter. If you would like to be added to our e-mail list, fill out a contact form and let us know. Dear Friends of the Safe and Green Campaign, The last weekend in June has provided … Continue reading →

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April Update

Posted on April 4, 2015

Well, that was a wicked winter. Now that Spring has reached our valleys and hills, let’s get together soon. Join us on Monday April 6, with Kevin Kamps, “Safeguarding Radioactive Waste at VT Yankee.” 7pm, Centre Congregational Church, in the … Continue reading →

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NRC: No EPZ

Posted on March 5, 2015

[3.12.15: CANCELLED due to weather:On Saturday, March 14, Safe and Green will walk from the gates of VT Yankee at noon, to honor the ghost towns of Fukushima.  We have a new reason to remember the 140,000 people evacuated on … Continue reading →

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Safe and Green is a founding member of the the Sugar Shack Alliance, a coalition of regional groups and individuals working to stop the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline through grassroots organizing, education, and nonviolent direct action.