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UVM Teach-in on Vermont Yankee 03/13/2012

Vermont Student Towards Environmental Protection presents a UVM Teach-in on Vermont Yankee

Speakers include: Maggie Gunderson, founder and president of the Burlington, VT-based Faire Winds Associates, a paralegal and expert witness firm specializing in issues of nuclear reliability issues, Jared Margolis, Attorney for the New England Coalition and Environmental Law professor at UVM
and Chris Williams, organizer with the Vermont Citizens Awareness Network

UVM, Billings North Lounge, on Tuesday, March 13^th, from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.Brooke Shaffer, member of the Vermont Student Environmental Program (VSTEP), the campus club that is sponsoring the teach in said, “It is so important, as the state of Vermont works to retire this accident prone reactor on schedule this year, that students, and the general public become better informed about the environmental and safety issues surrounding the operations of a 40-year-old reactor, and the long term storage of high level waste on the banks of New England’s longest river.”

Gunderson speaks on the similarities between Vermont Yankee, a GE Mark I boiling water reactor, and the reactors that suffered catastrophic containment failures at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan a year ago.

Margolis speaks on the State of Vermont’s legal and regulatory efforts to close the Vermont Yankee reactor on schedule, and to address the storage of high level waste in Vernon.

Chris Williams, of the Vermont Citizens Awareness Network, speaks about the grassroots citizens campaign to support the State of Vermont in retiring the reactor.

Nuclear Free Future: How We Shut Down Vermont Yankee - SHUT IT DOWN Affinity Group 03/12/2012

Host Margaret Harrington speaks with SHUT IT DOWN AFFINITY group activists Frances Crowe, Hattie Nestel, Nina Swaim, Robin Lloyd and Nancy First, in light of Vermont Yankee's scheduled close down on March 21, 2012.

Nuclear Free Future: Fukushima Daiichi: An Accident Waiting to Happen 03/02/2012

Host Margaret Harrington speaks with Maggie and Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates, on their recent trip and observations of Japan after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 03/01/2012

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve communication between the citizens of Burlington and City government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 6 meets the first Thursday of the month. Meeting place: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.

UVM Climate Action Night 02/29/2012

Five University of Vermont student/alumni environmental activists talk about their experiences in the climate change and environmental movement and how they became involved followed by the presenters and students discussing the problems and possible solutions. This video is produced by Arthur Hynes.

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Financing the Adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies: PACE & NeighborWorks 02/15/2012

Two presentations in tandem: The first by Peter Adamczyk of VEIC, explaining Vermont's Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE 2.0) program for financing residential renewable energy uprgades (58 minutes); the second by Ludy Biddle, Director of NeighborWorks of Western Vermont, explaining their "one stop shop" programs for helping people afford and accomplish energy efficiency upgrades to their homes. (25 minutes)

Burlington Electric Commission 02/08/2012

Regular meetings are held in the auditorium at Burlington Electric Department, 585 Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont.

Bill McKibben - Report from the Front Lines of the Climate Fight 02/02/2012

Author, educator and environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks on "Report from the Front Lines of the Climate Fight: Some Jailhouse Notes on the Moral Fight of Our Time" in the wake of President Obama's delay of the pipeline. The Middelebury College scholar in residence made headlines in 2011 for his arrest at the White House, where he led a protest against Keystone XL, the proposed pipeline that would carry oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The event is sponsored by Cooperative Christian Ministry at UVM, the Honors College, the Provost’s Office, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources, and the Environmental Studies Program.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 02/02/2012

Mayoral Debate begins at 55:20.

Nuclear Free Future: Fairewinds Shining the Light on Fukishima 02/02/2012

Host Margaret Harrington speaks with Maggie and Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates, whose main focus is to educate on the truth of nuclear power.

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