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2010-11
Annual Report:Current News and Events
Join CRWC in telling Entergy to be a good neighbor
When your next door neighbor is a nuclear power plant, their bad housekeeping is more
than just a nuisance. With newspaper ads and public service announcements, CRWC is rallying
public support to get Vermont Yankee to stop treating the Connecticut River like a dump. Sign
the petition.
Rather than adequately use their cooling towers, Entergy is pumping hot water directly into the Connecticut River. This thermal pollution from the nuclear power plant in Vernon, VT extends all the way to Holyoke, MA and negatively affects wildlife and their habitats. It confuses and disrupts fish, which look to changes in water temperatures to migrate or breed.
Now that a federal court ruled that Vermont cannot shut down the plant in March, it's time for the state to issue a new permit with tougher temperature standards for the plant's discharge. We recently hired experts to analyze the study that Entergy provided Vermont to justify this pollution. Their verdict: It's flawed science that doesn't meet EPA requirements and doesn't even make common sense. Read More.
Other River News
- Report a trash site Does your town have a dirty litter secret? Have you walked along a river or stream bank recently and found discarded cans and plastic bottles, fast food containers or other trash spoiling a beautiful natural place? If so, you can do something about it.
- CRWC public service announcements New audio and video public service announcements raise awareness about river pollution, the importance of children spending time outside, and ways you can make a difference in your own community.
- Andy Fisk Joins CRWC - CRWC is pleased to welcome Andrew Fisk, Ph.D., as our new executive director. Fisk most recently served as Director of the Land and Water Bureau at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for seven years. Read about Andy and the rest of our staff, or read our press release.
- New Online Slideshows of The River
The Connecticut River: A Photographic Journey Through The Heart Of New England by Al Braden offers several online slideshows of the river by one of its best friends as he travels "from the Fourth Connecticut Lake to the wide mouth at Saybrook Jetty." Many of the images in these slideshows are from his book of the same name. - CRWC Water Testing Lab When people head out for a dip at their local swimming
hole there's often a gnawing question in the back oftheir minds, “I wonder what's in this water?” CRWC's water testing lab helps communities answer questions about water quality and safety before their citizens simply jump in. Learn more about CRWC's Water Quality Testing or visit the current Water Quality Test Results website. - More ...
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Image credits above: Alan Morgan, NASA, David Deen
Image Credits at Right - Illustrations: Bill Singleton; Photos: Elisabeth Cianciola, CRWC Staff. Map: Bill Singleton; ©Al Braden www.albradenphoto.com; Kyla Bennett;
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