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		<title>Let’s Tell Governor McDonnell what a 21st Century Energy Plan Looks Like!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 17 &#8211; 18, Governor McDonnell is holding his second Virginia Energy Conference.  Based on his track record we expect more of the same: coal, gas, oil, nuclear, with limited commitment to renewable energy. We need to turn this around to safeguard our air and water and begin to address climate change. 
Here’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACT NOW: Oppose HB 2123/ SB 1025 &#8211; Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just two weeks ago the EPA took bold action to limit mountaintop removal coal mining when they stopped the massive Spruce Mine No. 1 in West Virginia because of its severe impacts on water quality. That action gives us hope that the EPA will apply the same principles in Virginia to deny a permit for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urge the EPA to Block Ison Rock Ridge Mining Permit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If ever there is a time we must stand together to stop mountaintop removal coal mining, it is now. On May 12, the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy approved the Ison Rock Ridge permit, a 1,300-acre surface coal mine, that would forever destroy five of communities in Wise County, Virginia, and devastate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feb. 11: Rally to Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We knew it would not be easy stopping mountaintop removal coal mining, but we are building a movement to stop the destruction of our Appalachian Mountains and streams. We need your help!  
On Thursday, Feb. 11, join the Sierra Club and the Wise Energy Coalition in a rally to stop mountaintop removal and support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle for Virginia&#8217;s Mountains</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards (SAMS) and Sierra Club have teamed with local residents in Wise County to oppose a new mountaintop removal coal mine on Black Mountain.  The Ison Rock Ridge mine permit, being sought by A&#038;G Coal Corporation, would obliterate approximately 1,300 acres of steep, forested, mountainous terrain near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coal Country, the Film</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond Coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountaintop Removal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coal Country is a powerful film from Sierra Club Productions taking us inside modern coal mining. We get to know working miners along with activists who are battling coal companies in Appalachia. We visit the homes of people most directly affected by mountaintop removal mining (MTR) and hear about health problems, dirty water in their [...]]]></description>
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