Vermont EnergyVermont Energy is a group of business people, professionals, medical doctors, property owners, farmers, educators, and other community leaders working to ensure that Vermont leads the nation toward a safer, cleaner energy future that creates jobs and protects the environment. As such, we support the closing of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, run by Entergy Corp., in 2012. |
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It is decision time. Will you make your voice heard in support of clean energy instead of another 20 years of accidents and risk associated with Vermont Yankee? We only have until the end of this week to register a record number of comments with the Public Service Board (PSB). Final legal briefs are due this Friday, and VPIRG will file a brief arguing for the closure of Vermont Yankee. But we need to make sure that YOUR voice is also heard. Take action now. Click here to send a message to the PSB. |
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EnergySource hosted the unveiling of its 49.9 Hudson Ranch I geothermal plant, now renamed John L. Featherstone Plant – a geothermal innovator in the Salton Sea area, today in Imperial Valley, California. Commissioned on March 9th, it is the first geothermal plant to go online in the Salton Sea area in 20 years. Recognizing the area's huge potential capacity of reportedly up to two gigawatts, EnergySource expects to start drilling for its 49.9 Hudson Ranch II project this summer and hopes to start construction in 2013. 
In the quest to "level the playing field," the 31 percent anti-dumping tariff announced Thursday was a good start, said SolarWorld President Gordon Brinser, but even more is needed to bring the industry back into balance. 
Greenpeace advocates gathered outside of Apple's Cupertino headquarters early this week dressed as iPhones and iPods, declaring their outrage about the company's lack of clean energy use. They projected social media messages from supporters on the side of the building: 
