WEBSITE CONTENTS

• FRONT PAGE
  
  
• The VCE Mission
• The VCE Organization
• VCE Press Releases
• "Weekly Updates" - VCE commentary on clean environment issues
  • Is it Dead Yet?
  • Eminent Domain
  • Alternatives
  • Appropriate Siting of Natural Gas Power Plants
  • "This Whole Situation Seems To Be Getting Out Of Hand"
  • Holiday Message
  • Happy New Year!
  • Vermont's Clean Air
  • The Price of Electricity in Vermont
  • Natural Gas is Cheap and Abundant. OR IS IT?
  • Web Photo of Vermont Doesn't Tell Real Story
  • Passing the Bounty
  • Merchant Power Plants Are Not Approvable Under Vermont Law
  • Vermont Administration Less Than Forthcoming About the NOx Waiver Request
  • Citations
  • Why Would We WANT to Invite Them?
  • The Governor Joins Us in Rejecting the Pipeline Route; The Gas Companies Don't Care
  • Remarks on the Release of the Tellus Report
  • Fuzzy Thinking
  • Energy in the News...
  • New York Legislation Proposing Pipeline Construction Subsidy || New Pipeline Routes || Committee to Study NOx Waiver || National Pipeline Safety Reform Conference
  • Plans for Power Plants, Pipelines, and Transmission Lines
  • Reality Check
  • Pipelines Move Forward, Power Plants Face Obstacles
  • Public Meeting on Proposed New York Power Plant -- The Future of Natural Gas: High Prices, Short Supplies, Increased Demand
  • Vermont's Energy Future
  • Local, State, National and International Power Plant, Pipeline, Natural Gas and Electricity News
  • Consider the Road Not Taken
  • How to Build Natural Gas Pipelines in Vermont
  • Bennington Town Plan / Rezoning the Power Plant Site
  • Pipeline Nightmares in Maine
  • What is the status of the gas project in Vermont?
  • An Informed Electorate
  • 07.10.00: Living on the Pipeline
  • 07.17.00: Making a Difference
  • 07.24.00: Good News, Bad News
  • 07.31.00: An Open Letter to Governor Howard Dean
  • 08.07.00: Governor Dean on the Pipeline Project
  • 08.14.00: The Public Process
  • 08.21.00: Three on the Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion
  • 08.28.00: Power Plants, Pipelines, and Strip Mines
  • 09.04.00: Power Plants and Pipelines Intend to Move Forward - Strip Mine Opposed
  • 09.12.00: Developers With Plans, But No Planning
  • 09.18.00: Understanding OMYA in Vermont
  • 10.02.00: Meetings about Pipelines, Power Plants & Strip Mines
  • 10.09.00: What Can You Do?
  • 10.16.00: Particulate Matter
  • 10.30.00: Open Pits
  
  
• In the News - links to recent clean environment stories
• Commentary - articles, white papers, position papers on project-related and clean environment issues
  • Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: What Every Local Government Should Know About Pipeline Safety
  • Tellus Institute Report: Nothing in the Pipeline? Some Economic and Environmental Effects of the Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline and Generating Facilities in Southwestern Vermont
  • Gas pipeline debate begins, and it hasn't even started yet
  • Re-Powering Vermont
• Announcements - scheduled project-related hearings, meetings, etc.
  
  
• THE PROJECT - description of the proposed pipeline/power plant project
  • Principals - project proponents and backers
  • Rutland Power Plant - the VEPH proposal for Rutland
  • Bennington Power Plant - the VEPH proposal for Bennington
  • Pipelines - the NYSEG/SVNG natural gas pipeline proposal
    • Pipeline safety
  • Transmission - connecting the power plants to the grid
• Landowner - how landowners are affected and what they can do
  • Notice Against Tresspass - instructions and form for landowners
• Towns - what towns are affected by the project and how
  • Towns: Rutland | West Rutland | Ira | Clarendon | Tinmouth | Wallingford | Danby | Mount Tabor | Dorset | Manchester | Sunderland | Arlington | Shaftsbury | Bennington
  • Towns supporting / Towns opposing the project
• VT Agency - project-related material from state agencies
• Frequently Asked Questions
  
  
• Photo Gallery - interesting views of power plants, pipelines, etc.
• Loose Pages - various project-related materials
  • What Can YOU Do? - recommendations for taking action
  • Act 248 - Vermont statute on public utility project approvals
  • Vermont H.816 - a proposed amending of the content of Act 248
  • Annette Smith's prepared testimony on H.816
  • Survey Results - Vermont opinion about the project
  • The Danby Resolution to oppose the project
  • The Sierra Club Resolution to oppose the project
• LINKS - useful or interesting web sites