Great news from the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition:
The Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition lauded Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s announcement today to delay plans for what would be the largest coal-fired power plant in Virginia. The temporary halt will allow the company, its customers, government officials and the conservation community to explore alternatives that will [...]
The Gulf Coast’s $100 billion a year tourism industry took a major hit as a result of the BP oil disaster. Sales at restaurants and hotels are way down. Thousands are out of work. Watermen wonder if crabs and oysters will ever come back. Tourists have deserted resort areas. [...]
The Chesapeake Bay is a treasure of nature, the largest estuary in the nation, but its health has been in decline for many years. Now, a new initiative is in place requiring the Bay states and the federal government to restore the Bay and its tidal tributaries.
Join us for “Healing Our Waters: A Community [...]
Where does Governor McDonnell stand on the Chesapeake Bay clean up?
Over the next several months the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Bay states, including Virginia, are obligated to come up with a plan to significantly improve the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay by 2025.
Right now we need to do everything we [...]
From Kate Pollard, Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Virginia coordinator.
Coal Ash. It’s Toxic. It’s Everywhere. We Must Act Now.
Right now communities across Virginia, and throughout the country, are exposed to heavy metals such as arsenic, lead and mercury when hazardous materials from coal ash disposal sites seep into our drinking water. The result — increased [...]
by Ann Moore
This year’s Sierra Club Annual Gathering promises to be the most exciting, informative, fun and best-fed gathering in many years. It is to be held October 1 – 3 at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia, and features Michael Brune, incoming Sierra Club Executive Director, as keynote speaker.
Click here to register [...]
Within five to 10 years, wind turbine projects off the coast of Virginia could produce electricity at competitive costs and create thousands of jobs, according to a comprehensive feasibility study just released by the Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium (VCERC).
The 67-page report, which reflects 30 months of fact-finding and analysis by researchers affiliated with Virginia [...]
We cannot let Virginia Attorney General Cuccinelli undermine our state’s environmental laws.
Mainstream Virginians who may have voted for Ken Cuccinelli for Attorney General last November likely had no idea what they were getting, but we all know now. For the next four years we have a right wing extremist as Attorney General who is much [...]
Even as the rest of Virginia is moving forward toward a clean energy future, the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative is heading backwards by proposing a massive new $6 billion, 1500 megawatt coal plant in Hampton Roads.
All over Virginia, communities are taking action to help solve global warming. From hybrid vehicle fleets in Alexandria and Fairfax, to green buildings in Charlottesville, and schools powered with renewable energy in Virginia Beach, local governments are moving forward with innovative energy solutions that curb global warming, save taxpayer dollars, and create healthier cities.
So [...]
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