Safe and Green received a grant in 2009 to fund education, outreach, and organizing in Vermon, Massachusetts and New Hampshire towns within 20 miles of the Vermont Yankee reactor. The groups works to empower those living in the shadow of VY to participate in the campaign to close the reactor by its licensed expiration date and to replace its electricity with energy conservation and efficiency measures coupled with safe, renewable sources of power.
Safe and Green Campaign
Our Purpose
to close Entergy Nuclear's Vermont Yankee facility on March 21, 2012. We believe that Vermont Yankee should be replaced through conservation, efficiency and renewable solutions, moving us towards a truly "Safe and Green" energy future. The campaign focuses on public education, outreach, and organizing among people in the 50 towns in VT, MA, and NH within 20 miles of the reactor. Because we live in the immediate vicinity of Vermont Yankee and are therefore most at risk, most in harm's way, have a unique credibility, opportunity, and responsibility to let our voices be heard, by our neighbors, the media, and elected officials. We do this by organizing public demonstrations, walks, marches, letter writing campaigns, and educational forums and by hosting films and speakers, and by co-sponsoring the same with our sister organizations.
Summary of Projects
The Safe & Green Campaign received a small grant in 2008 to encourage residents and elected officials to speak out publicly against the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plants requested 20 year license extension and support both safe and green energy alternatives and the right of people, especially those affected, to determine their own energy future. Safe & Green targets approximately 50 towns in VTm NH and MA within 20 miles of the nuclear reactor, the people most in harms way,
The Safe and Green Campaign received a small grant in 2008 to strengthen and enhance efforts underway to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor in Vernon, VT. when or before its license expires in 2012 and replace the electricity it generates through a combination of energy conservation and efficiency measures couples with alternatives "safe and green" energy sources. Safe and green is an education, outreach and organizing campaign targeting 50 towns in VT, MA and NH within 20 miles of the reactor.