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# Part Six - People's Power
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/freedom-unity-the-vermont-movie/episode/part-six-peoples-power-ukerxd/
- Published: 2025-09-03T18:31:07.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-08T06:30:12.000Z
- Description: See how contemporary tensions have affected energy, independence, and the environment.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie, Season 1, Episode 6, #ZZZ_Episode_2db7756e-c235-42c5-8bd8-dda698d7d609, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_d09de23a-a12b-464b-a592-a709d6d7d8f4, #v1.16

Part Six tackles contemporary tensions over energy, independence, the environment and the state's future. Chronicling the struggle to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, it follows the battle over windmills in Lowell and the devastating impacts of Hurricane Irene reveal the power not only of nature, but of people and community.