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	<title>Virginia Chapter Sierra Club &#187; Safeguarding Communities</title>
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		<title>Sierra Club Disappointed by Gov&#8217;s Uranium Directive</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2012/01/sierra-club-disappointed-by-govs-uranium-directive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Rafferty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep The Ban On Uranium Mining in VA</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2012/01/keep-the-ban-on-uranium-mining-in-va/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Rafferty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uranium Mining]]></category>

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For more information &#38; to track this issue throughout the General Assembly session visit:
www.KeepTheBan.org




Virginia has a nearly 30-year ban on uranium mining. A well financed push by the industry is trying to lift the ban so they can mine and process uranium, starting in Southside Virginia.  Drinking water, human health, farmland, property values, wildlife [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jan 23rd: Citizen Lobby Day</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2012/01/jan-23rd-citizen-lobby-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Rafferty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[







Register Today: 
Conservation Lobby Day
January 23, 2012



January 23: Conservation Lobby Day.
In a few days, Virginia&#8217;s General Assembly members, and a swath of high paid corporate lobbyists, will head back to Richmond for what could be one of the most important legislative sessions for our environment in recent memory.
We face significant challenges this year.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roanoke: One of America&#8217;s Most Endangered Rivers</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/05/roanoke-one-of-americas-most-endangered-rivers/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/05/roanoke-one-of-americas-most-endangered-rivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 13:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Rafferty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Roanoke River was included in American Rivers’ 26th annual list of the 10 most endangered waterways in America.  American Rivers says lifting the ban on uranium mining would threaten the Roanoke River as well as drinking water supplies in the region with radioactive pollution and toxic chemicals.]]></description>
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		<title>Besa Statement on House Vote to Allow Drilling off Virginia</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/05/besa-statement-on-house-vote-to-allow-drilling-off-virginia/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/05/besa-statement-on-house-vote-to-allow-drilling-off-virginia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 12:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Resilient Habitats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Drilling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Besa issues statement on House drilling vote.]]></description>
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		<title>Hopewell Clean Air Meeting</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/02/hopewell-clean-air/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/02/hopewell-clean-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safeguarding Communities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Together, we can clean up Hopewell’s Toxic Air Pollution! Join us for a Public Meeting on DEQ’s Hopewell Health Risk Assessment of Air Toxics.
VA Department of Environmental Quality
Wed, Feb 23 starting at 6:30 PM
City Public Schools Central Office at 103 N. 12th Street in Hopewell
The DEQ meeting will begin at 6:30 and will start with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VA Beach Uranium Mining Study Supports Ban</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/02/va-beach-uranium-mining-study-supports-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/02/va-beach-uranium-mining-study-supports-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sierra Club Virginia Chapter commends the City of Virginia Beach for commissioning an independent study on the impacts of uranium mining on the city’s drinking water supply.  
“The Virginia Beach study modeled severe rain events occurring in the area for proposed uranium mining in Virginia”, said Eileen Levandoski, conservation program manager with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep the Ban on Uranium Mining in Virginia</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/01/lets-keep-virginia-free-from-uranium-mining/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/01/lets-keep-virginia-free-from-uranium-mining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uranium Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Uranium mining is a dirty and dangerous practice that puts the health of all Virginians at risk.  Sierra Club is working with citizens across the Commonwealth to ensure the ban on uranium mining in Virginia is upheld.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to Maintain East Coast Drilling Ban &#8211; Sierra Club Statement</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/12/obama-to-maintain-east-coast-drilling-ban-sierra-club-statement/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/12/obama-to-maintain-east-coast-drilling-ban-sierra-club-statement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safeguarding Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Drilling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Chapter Sierra Club offered the following statement in response to President Obama’s announcement today to not pursue offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Eastern Gulf Coast for at least seven years.  
“This is a very prudent decision by the White House as it protects both pillars of Virginia’s economy, namely its tourism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take Action on the Bay!</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/10/take-action-on-the-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/10/take-action-on-the-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safeguarding Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For far too long, Virginia has relied on voluntary measures to clean our waterways – and enough is enough. Tell the EPA and Gov. McDonnell to stop delaying and take action!]]></description>
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