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... The VPIRG report is important because it belies the argument that Vermont can't survive without Vermont Yankee -- stated over and over and over by the Entergy Nuclear Corporation and is friends in big business and the Douglas administation. (They seem to be using the approach of the Bush administration and in particular, Karl Rove: if you repeat a lie enough times, eventually the public thinks its true.) So it is no surprise that Entergy is now doing everything possible to attack the report and VPIRG more generally. Given the money that Entergy is spending on corporate lobbyists in Montpelier, corporate and "astro turf" PR campaigns, etc., citizens need to get involved. Contact VPIRG to find out how they or another member of the Safe Power Vermont coalition can use your help! |
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Rachel Feathers
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... This is why I continue to feel dismayed with the democrats. The Vermont Yankee vote should of happened last session. Why democratic leadership (I'm talking to you Speaker Shap Smith), the democratic party (the staff and chair are silent on this issue) and all the candidates running for Governor haven't come out strong on this issue is beyond me. How many leaks, fires, intoxicated employees and missed deadlines do we need? The Public Service Board is concerned with the town of Burlington over Burlington telecom loans but Vermont Yankee breaks rules on radiation limits and if fact doesn't do any monitoring as required and the PSB says nothing. If the democrats want to take back control of the state they need to start acting like leaders. |
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Charlie Abott
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... What a wonderful report!!! Vermont Yankee just can't be trusted. Between all the leaks, falling down strucutres, fires not to mention the costs withh clean-up we can simply do better. Renewable energy will produce jobs all across Vermont. I know I will be deciding my vote for Governor based on what candidate shows the leadership on shutting down Vermont Yankee. |
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John Richards
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... This report is very interesting and needed! Thank you to Vermont Public Interest Research Group for putting together these much needed answers. I have been growing more and more frustrated with Vermont Yankee. I am now very concerned. Last week i was reading the paper and they have gotten approval for a spin off company. So when they decommission the plant (either now or in 20yrs, etc) who is going to be responsible for the costs to clean it up? Not them but us - tax paying Vermonters. Vermont Yankee is just not a good deal for us. And where is the price they are going to offer? Every deadline has been passed. i don't have faith they'll meet the next one. |
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drew hudson
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... I think this is totally do-able. This is VPIRG's third report pointing the way to how we can replace Vermont Yankee with clean, local power that grows jobs. But our current administration has always been afraid to break with the status qou. Perhaps a new kind of leader would look at the problem different - and see the opportunity in finding a local, reliable replacement for 35% of our electric needs |
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Rachel
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... Thank you for this site and for putting this report out there. I only briefly looked through it but it looks very intensive. We need to move away from big centralized power period. Vermont Yankee is just not good for our state. They have proven they can't be trusted (decommissioning fund, spin-off company, leaks etc). Renewable energy can be in every community in Vermont so that there are jobs all across this state not to mention not continue to danger our state and next generation. |
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Alexander Lee
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... I just looked at the report. The continued reliance on Hydro-Quebec worries me. Nobody has adequately studied the methane emissions of temperate dams or the tectonic effect of reservoirs. We need to start living differently, hanging out our clothes, eating vegetarian, driving less. That perspective seems to be missing from the report. |
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