McClaughry: A legislative extortion ploy
What the news accounts did not do was explain how Judge Murtha reached that second conclusion.
DeWalt: The fight’s not over
Civil disobedience and direct action will be doubtlessly be directed towards Entergy Nuclear if they continue to operate past the March 21 license expiration date.
Katz: Murtha eviscerated democratic process
Instead of looking at the written law, Judge Murtha opted to buy into a conspiracy theory that a handful of legislators were able to manipulate not one, but two separately elected bodies in the legislature. Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Deb Katz, executive director of Vermont Citizens Action Network, an anti-nuclear group. http://www.vtcitizen.org/ How [...]
Greenberg: Why the Murtha decision should be appealed
Judge Murtha’s Vermont Yankee decision ignores basic principles of legal interpretation and effectively overturns the existing court precedent concerning regulation of nuclear power.
New England Coalition opposes Entergy’s Public Service Board motion for prompt decision on certificate of public good
Contacts: NEC President Ned Childs (802) 579-6601 NEC Senior Technical Advisor Raymond Shadis (207) 380-5994 NEC Legal Counsel Jared Margolis (802) 310-4054 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEC FILES OPPOSITION TO ENTERGY MOTION SEEKING A FINAL ORDER IN PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD VY LICENSE RENEWAL CASE NEC’s MOTION is available at” http://www.necnp.org/files/docs/2012-02-02__NEC_Opposition(Docket_7440).pdf . February 2 2012 — Brattleboro [...]
Entergy seeks $4.6 million in legal fees from state of Vermont
“I was certain it would be all of seven figures, I just didn’t know how far into seven figures it would be,” Sorrell said. “It’s a little higher than I thought.”
Entergy to Public Service Board: New license now
The case, Entergy’s attorneys argue, has been fully litigated before the Public Service Board with final briefs filed in the docket in 2009.
Salmon: PSB’s duty is to view Vermont Yankee objectively
The three members of the Vermont Public Service Board are about to get more free advice than all the Boston Red Sox managers combined. That’s because the best case the opponents of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have to shut the plant down is to convince the PSB that it is no longer worthy of a certificate of public good.
Harvey: Murtha decision may backfire on nuclear proponents
The actions of Entergy discourage innovation, inhibit job creation and increase costs.
Eminent domain suggested as “end-run” to close Vermont Yankee
Although a federal judge has ruled that federal authority preempts Vermont’s radiological concerns, some experts say that the state could use eminent domain to shut it down.
