Category: Featured

Virginia Offshore Wind: Open for Business

By Eileen Levandoski on Feb 02, 2012 in Clean Energy Solutions, Featured

Virginia’s Offshore Wind Development: Open for Business

Real Renewables or Repeal the Law. Dominion Does Not Get It!

By Eileen Levandoski on Jan 24, 2012 in Clean Energy Solutions, Featured, Offshore Wind, Solar

Dominion passes off to each of us its ratepayers those costs involved with satisfying Virginia’s renewable energy law. And what kind of renewable energy are we paying for? Dams, trash and wood. No wind and no solar.
Worse still, the energy from dams, trash and wood is mostly generated out-of-state and from old [...]

Sierra Club Disappointed by Gov’s Uranium Directive

By Mary Rafferty on Jan 19, 2012 in Featured, General Assembly, Uncategorized, Uranium Mining

For Immediate Release
January 19, 2012
For More Information
Lisa Guthrie (804) 240-1976
Mary Rafferty (401) 862-8749
Chris Miller (540) 347-2334
Conservation Groups Disappointed by  Governor’s Administrative Directive on Uranium Mining
In response to Governor McDonnell’s recent directive, conservation organizations expressed concern about the rush to write regulations for the uranium industry behind closed doors.
“On behalf of Virginians across the Commonwealth, we are disappointed by [...]

NEWS: Sierra Club Report Critical of Gov. McDonnell’s Transportation Program

By David on Dec 06, 2011 in Featured, Green Transportation

[Richmond, VA] A Sierra Club report released today is highly critical of Governor McDonnell’s Transportation Program. The Governor’s frantic road building program is headed the wrong way, and will make it more difficult to invest in transportation alternatives in the future.
The theme of the Governor’s Transportation Conference this week is “Gateway to the [...]

Come On, Dominion! Let’s Get This Blowing!

By Eileen Levandoski on Dec 06, 2011 in Clean Energy Solutions, Featured, Offshore Wind

With our hard earned victories over GenOn’s Potomac River coal plant and the two Dominion coal plants in Hampton Roads, we now expand our efforts to convince Dominion to invest in efficiency, wind and solar, especially offshore wind power.
As residents of Virginia and customers of Dominion, we must pressure our largest utility company to [...]