The Federal Minerals Management Service (MMS) has called for seismic surveying to explore for oil and gas along the Atlantic. Seismic testing represents the first step in offshore oil drilling and is extremely dangerous to fish and marine life.
Click here to tell MMS to keep air guns out of sensitive areas to include the [...]
![[Mock] Oil Spill Hits Virginia Beach](http://vasierraclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WindNotOil2-150x150.jpg)
As the Gulf Coast oil catastrophe quickly grows into one of the largest environmental disasters in United States history, Hampton Roads residents rallied in Virginia Beach on Friday to call for a permanent moratorium on offshore drilling and a renewed focus on developing wind farms off Virginia’s coasts instead.
“The Gulf Coast oil spill disaster [...]
Hands Across The Sand is now a national day of action Saturday, June 26! On hundreds of beaches across the U.S., people of all walks of life will be joining hands to draw a line in the sand to say “No” to offshore drilling and “Yes” to clean renewable energy.
The Sierra Club, Surfrider [...]
Gulf Coast communities are facing the challenge of managing the immediate cleanup and recovery needs of area residents, businesses, wildlife and marine life. They will surely need all hands on deck to meet the challenges of the relief effort. Click here to sign up to volunteer as part of the relief efforts and the [...]
Six days after President Obama announced plans to open new areas to offshore drilling, the Feds (Mineral Management Service – MMS) have scheduled seven public hearings on proposed Atlantic geophysical exploration (aka seismic surveys) including a hearing in Norfolk (Hilton Norfolk Airport) on April 29 at 1:00pm and 7:00pm.
Please attend this hearing and speak out [...]
With your help we can stymie Governor McDonnell’s efforts to weaken Virginia’s clean air laws.
McDonnell has proposed an amendment to HB 1300 and SB 128 that makes this bad legislation even worse. HB 1300 and SB 128 are identical bills that weaken air pollution protections from dirty coal plants across the state [...]
Mark your calendar NOW for Hands Across the Sand on Sat., June 26, 2010 in Virginia Beach! Join the Sierra Club and Surfrider Foundation in drawing a human line in the sand to protest drilling off our Virginia coast.
What exactly is Hands Across the Sand?
The first Hands Across the Sand occurred on [...]
Virginia Offshore Drilling Yields Net Job Loss, Risk to Coastal Economy
NEWS RELEASE: [Virginia Beach, VA] – March 31, 2010
In anticipation of today’s announcement by President Obama regarding expansion of offshore drilling into areas that were previously protected, including drilling off Virginia’s coast, the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter offered the following statements:
“We are deeply disappointed that [...]
You could be breathing dirtier air if this legislation passes!
Tell your Senator to vote “No” to the Virginia Dirty Air Act. Urge them to vote against HB 1300 (Kilgore).
Under the current law, the Air Pollution Control Board can decide whether to require large polluters to make actual reductions in NOx and SO2 pollutants or [...]
(Pictured here L-R: Glen Besa, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter Director; Misti Wright Furr, Councilwoman, Dendron Town Council; Amy Paulson, Director, Consortium for Infant and Child Health; and Dr. Kristen Welker-Hood, Physicians for Social Responsibility)
Norfolk, VA: As part of a National Clean Air Day, groups held a press conference today at Children’s Harbor to highlight positive [...]
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