Midday Report: March 29, 2007

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy opens the Judiciary committee inquiry into the firing of U.S. Attorneys and getting organic waste out of our landfills; Vermont could become the first state in the country to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers; Compost happens, but not enough – that’s the message of the first annual organics recycling summit today in Montpelier; Vermont Governor Jim Douglas holds another in his series of accountability forums; In Montpelier this morning there was an unusual two-person protest against nuclear power and the re-licensing of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant.