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Vermont Law School

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Name: Vermont Law School

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Vermont Law School

Statehouse Sitdown: Campaign Finance Reform

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - We've spent much of the last week covering the bills that will soon be law. But, one big bill stalled at the very end of the session -- campaign finance reform.The bill aimed to tighten restrictions and create greater transparency, ... [Published WCAX TV3 - May 20 2013]

Entities: Kurt Wright, Vermont Law School, Poison Pill, Court Costs

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Unity College graduates charged with stewardship of Earth, communities

UNITY — Take care of your community, your country and the planet, an acclaimed environmental educator, writer and scholar told Unity College seniors Saturday.click image to enlargeUnity College senior Angelica Morrison, 21, of Smithfield, R.I., smiles ... [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 19 2013]

Entities: James Speth, Otter, Cape Neddick (United States)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Entergy Corporation

Hearing scheduled on latest Yankee court case...

This photo shows Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant as seen from New Hampshire.A federal court judge has set a hearing date for early June in Entergy Vermont Yankee’s latest legal challenge against the state of Vermont.The owner of Vermont’s only nuclear ... [Published Rutland Herald - May 18 2013]

Entities: Entergy Corporation, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee LLC, Vermont (United States)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Watson sworn in as judge

Staff writer The Bladen JournalELIZABETHTOWN — Family, friends and colleagues gathered in Bladen County Superior Court on Friday afternoon to watch and lend support as Assistant District Attorney Ebern “Tripp” Watson III was sworn in as a special Superior ... [Published Bladen Journal - May 18 2013]

Entities: Jon David, District Attorney, Superior Court

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

"Worst Week Since Fukushima: 4 Major Setbacks in 3 Days Are Latest Stumbles for U.S. Nuclear Power Industry

Former NRC Commissioner Peter Bradford, and energy economist Mark Cooper, both of the Vermont Law School, as well as Dan Hirsch of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, held a telephone press conference yesterday on the subject of "WORST WEEK SINCE FUKUSHIMA: ... [Published Beyond Nuclear - May 09 2013]

Entities: Fukushima (Japan), Nuclear Power, Peter Bradford, Reactor

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 3 reports

WORST WEEK SINCE FUKUSHIMA: 4 MAJOR SETBACKS IN 3 DAYS ARE LATEST STUMBLES FOR U.S. NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY

Reverse Renaissance? Experts Point to 6 Reactors on the Chopping Block and Passage of Anti-Industry Florida Law; Beleaguered Industry's Woes Start With Bad Economics $ and Go Downhill From There. WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 8, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) ... [Published InvestorIdeas.com - May 08 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Nuclear Power, Fukushima (Japan), Vermont Law School, Nuclear

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Recent Surge in 'Ghost Roads' Litigation Threatens National Parks and Other Federally Protected Lands

Unfortunately for many existing and proposed federal reserves in Utah and elsewhere, the legal threshold to establish an R.S. 2477 claim is minimal.In 2012, state and local challenges to various federally protected wild lands reached an all-time high, ... [Published Environmental Protection Online - May 09 2013]

Entities: R.S. Corp Ltd, Litigation, National Parks

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Native Villagers' Federal Tort Claims on Thin Ice

If the Kivalinans manage to beat the odds and have their claims heard, the case would likely set an important precedent for towns and villages seeking relief for damages caused by climate change.There is hardly a more clear illustration of the immediate ... [Published Environmental Protection Online - May 09 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Tort, Vermont Law School, Federal, Supreme Court

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Worst Week For U.S. Nuclear Power Industry Since Fukishima?

After the Non-Renaissance: Experts to Recap Latest Major Setbacks ? and Outlook ? for Beleaguered IndustryWASHINGTON, D.C.///NEWS ADVISORY///Two reactors dropped in North Carolina ? two reactors facing the ax in California ? two reactors blocked on foreign-ownership ... [Published StockHouse USA - May 07 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Power, Reactor, Vermont Law School

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

'Forecasting error' drives Medicaid cost up

Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration is warning that the state health care program for the poor will cost $135 million more than anticipated.The cost overruns for Medicaid now total $248 million. The state Department of Health and Human Services blamed former ... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - May 03 2013]

Entities: Medicaid, Pat McCrory, Kay Hagan

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

COAL AND NUKE PLANTS KILL WAY MORE BIRDS THAN WIND

The Avian and Wildlife Costs of Fossil Fuels and Nuclear PowerBenjamin K. Sovacool. June 30, 2012 (Vermont Law School)“Environmentalists and environmental scientists have criticized wind energy in various forums for its negative impacts on wildlife, especially ... [Published NewEnergyNews - May 02 2013]

Entities: Plants, Coal, Nuclear Power, Vermont Law School

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Vermont man pleads guilty in crash that killed Texas woman

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION ? Days before the start of his trial, a Vermont man has pleaded guilty for his role in a 2011 collision that killed a Texas woman.Police say 20-year-old Carlos Garcia had a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit ... [Published Burlington Press - May 01 2013]

Entities: Carlos Garcia, Vermont Law School, San Antonio (Texas, United States), judges, Alcohol

Quotes

... It will be interesting to see how the state defends their position on the diesel generator. I personally don't think they can defend it. "They don't seem to have that [a real basis for their statement]" as Parentau said. So true, indeed. The state is making arbitrary decisions on nuclear safety, and now they will be in court again...

A Court Case with a Deadline: The Black Start Diesels [Published Yes Vermont Yankee - 21 hours ago]

"When you have the attorney general calling it a "risky court case" and he has to defend it in court, and Cheryl Hanna from the Vermont Law School saying that, and the language from the second circuit court of appeals saying it's a very high hurdle for a state to pass to put these limits on -- we're talking about millions of dollars of court costs to the taxpayers of Vermont" he says

Statehouse Sitdown: Campaign Finance Reform [Published WCAX TV3 - May 20 2013]

"Ecosystems are the webs that hold all life together; they are the reservoirs of the earth's biological diversity" Parenteau said

Parenteau pursues legal answers to global issues [Published Dartmouth College The Dartmouth - May 19 2013]

"I had a lot of really good teachers. They really catered classes to what we wanted to do It was very hands-on. It's a very close community. We're very small, very focused on sustainability."

Unity College graduates charged with stewardship of Earth, communities [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 19 2013]

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A Court Case with a Deadline: The Black Start D... [Published Yes Vermont Yankee - 21 hours ago]
Statehouse Sitdown: Campaign Finance Reform [Published WCAX TV3 - May 20 2013]
Parenteau pursues legal answers to global issues [Published Dartmouth College The Dartmouth - May 19 2013]
Unity College graduates charged with stewardshi... [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 19 2013]
Hearing scheduled on latest Yankee court case... [Published Rutland Herald - May 18 2013]
Watson sworn in as judge [Published Bladen Journal - May 18 2013]
For Northern Pass Crossing Conservation Land Wo... [Published NHPR - May 17 2013]
Keilly Witman Joins EOS Climate as V.P. for Mar... [Published TickerTech.com - May 15 2013]
EPA, Attorneys Say Eighth Circuit Ruling Could ... [Published Bureau of National Affairs - May 14 2013]
Don?t gut environmental review [Published Rutland Herald - May 14 2013]
Voters Guide \| District judge [Published Centre Daily Times - May 11 2013]
Unity College to Hold 44th Commencement on Satu... [Published Waldo County Village Soup - May 10 2013]
Just Like Its Predecessors, 2012 Forest Plannin... [Published Environmental Protection Online - May 10 2013]
Putting San Onofre to test [Published U-T San Diego - May 10 2013]
"Worst Week Since Fukushima: 4 Major Setbacks i... [Published Beyond Nuclear - May 09 2013]
Recent Surge in 'Ghost Roads' Litigation Threat... [Published Environmental Protection Online - May 09 2013]
Native Villagers' Federal Tort Claims on Thin Ice [Published Environmental Protection Online - May 09 2013]
Readers Forum: Jack Zanerhaft, Public defenders... [Published Tulsa World - May 09 2013]
Vt. law aims to protect teens from sex abuse [Published WCAX TV3 - May 09 2013]
WORST WEEK SINCE FUKUSHIMA: 4 MAJOR SETBACKS IN... [Published InvestorIdeas.com - May 08 2013]
Worst Week Since Fukushima: 4 Major Setbacks In... [Published NewsBlaze - May 08 2013]
Worst Week Since Fukushima: 4 Major Setbacks In... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 08 2013]
Worst Week For U.S. Nuclear Power Industry Sinc... [Published StockHouse USA - May 07 2013]
Worst Week For U.S. Nuclear Power Industry Sinc... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 07 2013]
'Forecasting error' drives Medicaid cost up [Published Raleigh News & Observer - May 03 2013]
McCrory names special superior court judge [Published Raleigh News & Observer - May 02 2013]
Who’s In Charge Here? At U.S. Oil Spills, It’s ... [Published Resilience - May 02 2013]
COAL AND NUKE PLANTS KILL WAY MORE BIRDS THAN WIND [Published NewEnergyNews - May 02 2013]
Lawyer charged in fatal hit and run crash [Published Times Argus - May 02 2013]
Vermont man pleads guilty in crash that killed ... [Published Burlington Press - May 01 2013]

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A Court Case with a Deadline: The Black Start D... [Published Yes Vermont Yankee - 21 hours ago] A Court Case with a Deadline On June 4, in federal court in Brattleboro, there will be a hearing on Entergy's suit against Vermont's Public Service Board. While many court cases drag on forever, this one is likely to be resolved quickly. Entergy ...
"Worst Week Since Fukushima: 4 Major Setbacks i... [Published Beyond Nuclear - May 09 2013] Former NRC Commissioner Peter Bradford, and energy economist Mark Cooper, both of the Vermont Law School, as well as Dan Hirsch of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, held a telephone press conference yesterday on the subject of "WORST WEEK SINCE FUKUSHIMA: ...
COAL AND NUKE PLANTS KILL WAY MORE BIRDS THAN WIND [Published NewEnergyNews - May 02 2013] The Avian and Wildlife Costs of Fossil Fuels and Nuclear PowerBenjamin K. Sovacool. June 30, 2012 (Vermont Law School)“Environmentalists and environmental scientists have criticized wind energy in various forums for its negative impacts on wildlife, especially ...
Nukes kill more birds than wind? [Published Atomic Insights - Apr 30 2013] By Paul Lorenzini In the yin and yang of energy policy debates, we know some can get carried away. Normally we ignore the radical fringe, but sometimes their claims take on a life of their own and need to be addressed. One such charge has found its ...
Nuclear Is NOT a Low-Carbon Source of Energy [Published Zero Hedge - Apr 14 2013] Why Do People Claim that Nuclear Power is a Low-Carbon Source of Energy?Even well-known, well-intentioned scientists sometimes push bad ideas. For example, well-known scientists considered pouring soot over the Arctic in the 1970s to help melt the ice ...

Press Releases

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Jay Blumenkopf Named Fellow of Litigation Couns... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Jan 12 2013]