Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Vermont's Leaky Pipes

"Vt. faces aging water, sewer pipes; Towns urged to plan ahead" by Associated Press,  June 14, 2011

The process is made more difficult because state and federal grants and loans to help communities pay for basic infrastructure such as water and sewer projects are drying up. Over the next decade the project could cause a significant increase in water fees....

All because the tax monies have to go to banks, wars, well-connected corporations and agenda-pushing interests, lavish political lifestyles, and Israel.

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Related: Rich Get Richer Even in Vermont

"In legal brief, Coakley joins fight against Vermont Yankee" by Dave Gram, Associated Press / June 14, 2011

MONTPELIER — Massachusetts came to Vermont’s aid yesterday in the legal fight over whether the northern neighbor can bar the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant from operating within its borders.

Despite raising the specter of the Japanese nuclear disaster that began after an earthquake and tsunami in March, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office said its lawyers were not pushing the idea that Vermont Yankee should close, merely that states should have a say....

In the brief filed yesterday, Coakley’s office argued that Massachusetts has a keen interest in Vermont Yankee’s future. The 39-year-old reactor is located in Vermont’s southeast corner in Vernon, less than 5 miles from the Massachusetts state line and on the west bank of the Connecticut River, which flows through Massachusetts. Massachusetts gets electricity from Vermont Yankee via the New England power grid, and several towns in Northwestern Massachusetts’ Franklin County are within Vermont Yankee’s emergency evacuation zone.  

Yeah, HI, readers!

In the event of an accident, “Massachusetts communities could face contamination of soil, water, and agriculture resources that would force displacement of residents and businesses, conceivably devastating state or local economies for years into the commonwealth’s future,’’ the state’s lawyers wrote.

Related: The Silver Lining In Japan's Nuclear Cloud

Well, not really. 

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Also see: Around New England: No Veracity in Vermont

Around New England: Vermont Votes Yankee Down 

The Boston Globe Can Not Say a Lie  


That's why I'm worried and concerned about those pipes. 

And did you know that if you are anti-nuclear power, you might be a terrrorist?

Related:

"Six more workers at the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan may have exceeded the radiation exposure limit, bringing the total to eight, the government said yesterday....

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Of course, there is no need to worry about nuclear radiation that is still spewing in one form or another even as I type.  

Also see: Couple seeks the return of stolen flags