CONTACT: Andrew Fisk, Executive Director afisk@ctriver.org 413-772-2020 x 208 or 413-210-9207 (cell) Laura Murphy, Vermont Law School lmurphy@vermontlaw.edu  802-831-1123 or 802-829-9304 (cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Montpelier, VT and Greenfield, MA. February 17, 2012 – Entergy Vermont Yankee’s scientific basis for continuing its thermal pollution of the Connecticut River is significantly flawed, according to two reports [...]

February 14, 2012 Andrea Langhauser Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection 1 Winter Street Boston MA 02108 Re:      Potential Eligibility Criteria/Design Standards for Small Docks/Piers General Licenses January 25, 2012 draft submitted by CZM and Steve Mague of Durand & Anastas Inc. Dear Ms. Langhauser, The Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) is the principal nonprofit [...]

Feb. 8, 2012 Comments of Ron Rhodes, River Steward, Connecticut River Watershed Council before the joint House and Senate hearing regarding post-Irene flood response. Honorable Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to speak here today.  As you may know, the Connecticut River Watershed Council is a membership based non-profit that advocates for the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE By David Deen Vermont, February 01, 2012.  The recent Vermont Yankee court decision said the State of Vermont can’t trump the federal government when it comes to issues of nuclear safety.  But the same ruling affirmed Vermont’s continuing authority for oversight of other Yankee issues, like enforcement of the Clean Water Act. [...]