Join us as we deliver our 2,500 public comments to the SCC urging them to require renewable energy in Dominion Virginia Power’s 15 year plan for powering our future. Let’s together tell the SCC and Dominion that Virginians want a clean energy future that ensures job creation and Virginia’s health and welfare.
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by Alan Cunningham, Roger Diedrich, Douglas Stewart, and Jim Wamsley
In Northern Virginia over the last 30 years there has been little understanding that suburban sprawl, reliance on the automobile, and traffic congestion go hand in hand. We build more roads to relieve congestion and in a very short period of time we have the [...]
Spring has sprung and our Spring 2011 ODS hits mailboxes. Check it out!
What’s Inside:
Working for Labor for Good Green Jobs
Rebuilding Green
Notes from the Chair
John Cruickshank to lead Chapter ExComm
David Dickson to manage Green Transportation Campaign
Vasiliy Kisunko to serve as Metro DC coordinator
Offshore Wind Conference Virginia Beach June 22
Annual Gathering again at Prince William Forest Park
Eager [...]
The Sierra Club Virginia Chapter commends the City of Virginia Beach for commissioning an independent study on the impacts of uranium mining on the city’s drinking water supply.
“The Virginia Beach study modeled severe rain events occurring in the area for proposed uranium mining in Virginia”, said Eileen Levandoski, conservation program manager with the [...]
While Governor McDonnell was inside the Marriott Hotel in Richmond at a breakfast with coal industry officials this morning, citizens’ groups were outside protesting a coal industry bill before the General Assembly that would impede the state’s enforcement of clean water laws, making it easier for companies to cut costs by polluting Virginia’s waterways. The [...]
Uranium mining is a dirty and dangerous practice that puts the health of all Virginians at risk. Sierra Club is working with citizens across the Commonwealth to ensure the ban on uranium mining in Virginia is upheld.
Check out our Winter 2011 issue of the Old Dominion Sierran!
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Winter 2011
Offshore wind picks up speed along the Atlantic
VCN Lobby Day January 17
Diplomats bury head in sand in Cancun
Legislative solutions to state’s environmental challenges
Continue fighting Cuccinelli’s extreme agenda
Roanoke Group endorses proposed wind energy project on Poor Mountain
High speed rail in Virginia discussed
Virginia Beach [...]
Virginia Chapter Director Glen Besa is one of forty Sierra Club representatives serving as official observers to the UN climate talks in Cancun. He has filed two reports thus far which you can read here and here.
Photo caption: In the face of mounting science that GHG emissions from the use of fossil fuels are approaching [...]
The Virginia Chapter Sierra Club offered the following statement in response to President Obama’s announcement today to not pursue offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Eastern Gulf Coast for at least seven years.
“This is a very prudent decision by the White House as it protects both pillars of Virginia’s economy, namely its tourism [...]
Here’s a great video highlighting all the fun and excitement from this year’s Gathering at Prince William Forest Park! Our weekend included sessions on topics ranging from solar energy to forest conservation, plus great food and conversation, woodland hikes, music and dancing, and Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune making the case for optimism.
Enjoy!
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