The State’s latest revision to its transportation plan shows Virginia’s transportation policy continues to head down the wrong road, toward more congestion and more sprawl. We need to make our voices heard for more Green Transportation Choices!!
Right now we have the chance to urge the state to get transportation policy on the right [...]
For the first time ever, the Obama Administration and the EPA are proposing national limits on carbon pollution. Carbon pollution is linked not only to climate change, but also to significant health hazards like the smog that triggers asthma attacks. By supporting the EPA’s efforts to clean up our air, we can make sure [...]
DOI’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is collecting public comment on its draft seismic exploration plan. This plan calls for seismic surveys intended to reveal locations of oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean floor. It’s a first step towards drilling offshore that we don’t want in the first place, and it [...]
The National Academy of Sciences’ National Research Council will hold a briefing to present the findings of its recently released report, Uranium Mining in Virginia, and take questions from the public.
May 31, 2012, 6:30pm
Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 3001 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach (map)
Click here to RSVP.
Virginia has a nearly 30-year ban on uranium mining. The [...]
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Dominion has proposed to retire two of its most outdated and polluting coal plants, at Yorktown and Chesapeake, and is seeking approval from the State Corporation Commission (SCC) during its review of Dominion’s 15 year long-term energy plan. But this plan proposes to replace coal with another dangerous fossil fuel, natural gas, and includes no [...]
The Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club is offering scholarships to students who would like to attend environmental programs, conferences, workshops, camps, etc. Financial assistance up to $200 is available.
The student must be a Virginia resident to qualify. Recipients will be asked to verify attendance and provide a brief report on the value [...]
Big Oil and Big Coal came to Norfolk Virginia on Tuesday to attempt injection of their dirty energy agenda on the good citizens of Hampton Roads. And we sent them home packing!
Their numbers were slim at the two hearings where the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sought public comment on its draft EIS supporting [...]
Virginia environmentalists responded with their opposition to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) call for public comment on a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for offshore seismic studies in the Atlantic. They spoke in favor of an alternative that only allows study to support renewable energy development and stood solidly in their opposition to alternatives supporting exploration for oil and gas.
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