These people must know their travel to New York City produces greenhouse gases as well as pollution.
These are the same people who fought to close down Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, a non-emitting power source that displaced millions of tons of pollution.
They have the audacity to call themselves environmentalists? They are hypocrites.
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Elizabeth Taylor couldn't come - mainly because she died in 2011. But her exquisitely carved, pink peacock cameo earrings were for sale on Main Street in Brattleboro for just one day last week. And Jerry Lee Lewis couldn't come either - the bad boy of rockabilly piano isn't dead yet, but he may be too old to travel. Or maybe he just doesn't care that his 1950s-era ID bracelet, with “Jerry Lee Lewis” inscribed on it, was also up for...
What would the writer like to see in an agreement between the state of Vermont and Entergy? Exact dates and dollar figures? How can these be even estimated for 2029? All the writer did was criticize. Not one positive suggestion was made. When Vermont Yankee was built, many “promises” were made by the federal government, the Vermont utilities that owned a majority of VY, and the state. These promises were made based on assumed conditions. When conditions changed, the promises...
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center presents “Fun with Wire,” an afternoon workshop with sculptor Bruce Campbell on Tuesday, July 24, from 1 to 5 p.m. Campbell will guide participants in twisting and joining wire to create whimsical animal sculptures. Registration is $65 per person ($55 for BMAC members); space is limited to 12 participants. To register, visit www.brattleboromuseum.org and click on “Events,” or call the museum at 802-257-0124, ext. 101. In 1976, Campbell saw a retrospective exhibit of the work...
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