Al Blakley

V-Why not?

RE: “V-Why?” [Letters, Sept. 25].

Why do the vast majority of anti-Vermont Yankee protesters emanate from outside Vermont?

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Why haven’t we tried harder to support VY?

On Monday, March 12, the Post-Vermont Yankee Task Force, made up of business leaders in Windham County, announced it will ask the state to come to the county's financial rescue when Vermont Yankee closes, with a bailout of $2 million annually. This amount was determined by a study that...

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Why is Vermont going down the same path as California?

We all know the saying “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” History can be as close as yesterday. New Englanders have historically observed the mistakes of others and chosen to not repeat them. The question is, why is that changing now? The state...

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You can’t have your cake, and eat it too

For over a decade now, some Vermont politicians have been calling for the closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, with the full understanding that there is nothing that could immediately replace it and its near-zero carbon footprint. We are told closing Vermont Yankee will require conservation and a switch to other green sources of electricity, such as wind and solar, which cost up to five times as much as nuclear energy. Since it takes time and money to...

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