environment

This panel discusses on the implications of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” for natural gas in Vermont. VPIRG co-hosts this public forum alongside VNRC, and 350.org bringing International, and local experts tell their stories. The panelist included Bill McKibben – author, environmentalist and Schumann Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury College, Paul Burns – Executive Director, VPIRG, Wes Gillingham – Program Director, Catskill Mountainkeepers, a leading anti-fracking group in NY, Tracy Bach – Professor of Law, Vermont Law School, and Ginny Lyons – Chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee. This video is produced by Arthur Hynes.

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.

Linda Kirker speaks with three representatives from Entergy about Vermont Yankee, its history, and its future.

Richard Kemp's guest is today Dot Maver, who was the 2004 campaign manager for Dennis Kucinich's Presidential Campaign and has been involved in peace work for decades.  Dot is currently the Executive Director of the National Peace Academy headquartered at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.If you have questions or comments about this program, please contact Richard Kemp at rtkemp@aol.com.