For several weeks, Governor Peter Shumlin and top state officials have been in closed-door discussions with the owners of Vermont Yankee. The talks focus on the details of dismantling the nuclear plant after it closes in December 2014. So far, regional voices have been excluded from the high-level talks. Groups representing local interests are calling for a place at the table. The Bennington Select Board wants the Environmental Protection Agency to put a former industrial site on the Superfund list so the contaminants in the soil can be removed once and for all. FEMA announced yesterday that they will be closing their Vermont field office at the end of next week.
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
Peter was a Producer/Announcer at VPR until 2015. He began his public radio career in 2007 at WHQR-FM in Wilmington, North Carolina where he served as Morning Edition host and reporter, covering county government and Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. His work has won several Associated Press awards and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and PRI's This American Life. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Maine at Farmington, Peter enjoys writing, cooking and traveling.
