Eesha Williams's Blog, page 180
November 8, 2011
November 4, 2011
Legendary Folk Singer Charlie King Concert To Aid Valley Nuke Foes
Charlie King, Karen Brandow, and Rebel Voices will perform an evening concert in Greenfield on January 21. It's a benefit for the Safe and Green Campaign, which works to replace the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor with solar panels, energy efficiency programs, windmills, geothermal energy, and other renewables. Safe and Green works closely with www.nukebusters.org and www.vpirg.org
Vermont Yankee is three miles from Massachusetts and a stone's throw from New Hampshire.
Pete Seeger said...
Northampton Voters Will Decide Fate of Farmland, Forests
On November 8, the people of Northampton will decide whether farmland and forestland should be turned into parking lots, strip malls, ChemLawns, and other kinds of so-called development. "Northampton residents should save the Community Preservation Act by voting 'no' on Question 1," said Kristin DeBoer. She's director of www.KestrelTrust.org
"The Act is one of the best tools towns have for conserving the farms, rivers, and forests of the Valley," DeBoer said.
October 31, 2011
Photos: October Snow
These photos show the record amount of snow that fell on the Valley on October 29 and October 30. Rowe, Massachusetts, near Greenfield, got about two feet of snow, according to Rowe resident Deb Katz. She is the director of www.NukeBusters.org
Global warming caused by cars, coal and nuclear power plants and other human sources results in more severe droughts, floods, blizzards, and heat waves. That's according to the new book Eaarth by Bill McKibben of Vermont. Time magazine said McKibben is ...
