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	<title>Virginia Chapter Sierra Club</title>
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		<title>ODEC Delays Plans for Surry-Hampton Roads Coal Plant</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/09/odec-delays-plans-for-surry-hampton-roads-coal-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great news from the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition:
The Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition lauded Old Dominion Electric Cooperative&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Forum: Protecting Our Coasts, Our Businesses, Our Communities</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/09/community-forum-protecting-our-coasts-our-businesses-our-communities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healing Our Waters: A Community Forum on Restoring the Chesapeake Bay</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/09/healing-our-waters-a-community-forum-on-restoring-the-chesapeake-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/09/healing-our-waters-a-community-forum-on-restoring-the-chesapeake-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;Healing Our Waters: A Community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Wanted: Conservation Coordinator</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/09/help-wanted-conservation-coordinator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Job Title: Conservation Program Coordinator
Chapter: Virginia
Reports To: Chapter Director
Context: The Conservation Program Coordinator organizes and implements a major conservation program, campaign or initiative such as land use management, air/water quality, wilderness management, transportation planning, wetlands, urban planning, etc.
Scope: Under direction of the Chapter Director or the assigned volunteer leader, implements the Chapter&#8217;s approved conservation programmatic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Governor McDonnell to Support Real Clean Up of the Chesapeake Bay</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/08/tell-governor-mcdonnell-to-support-real-clean-up-of-the-chesapeake-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/08/tell-governor-mcdonnell-to-support-real-clean-up-of-the-chesapeake-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Resilient Habitats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIP Public Hearing on Proposed EPA Coal Ash Regulations Aug. 30 in Arlington</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/08/vip-public-hearing-on-proposed-epa-coal-ash-regulations-aug-30-in-arlington-be-there/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/08/vip-public-hearing-on-proposed-epa-coal-ash-regulations-aug-30-in-arlington-be-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Kate Pollard, Sierra Club&#8217;s Beyond Coal Virginia coordinator.
Coal Ash. It&#8217;s Toxic. It&#8217;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 &#8212; increased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Chance To Ask McDonnell, &#8220;How Clean Is Too Clean?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/08/your-chance-to-ask-mcdonnell-how-clean-is-too-clean/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/08/your-chance-to-ask-mcdonnell-how-clean-is-too-clean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve probably been following the McDonnell administration’s attacks on the environment over the past eight months. They’ve advocated for drilling off our coast, proposed closing five state parks, tried to cut funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration by over $11 million and seem to want every square inch of the commonwealth paved for yet another road. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 1700 Join Hands Across The Sand in Virginia</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/07/over-1700-join-hands-across-the-sand-in-virginia/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/07/over-1700-join-hands-across-the-sand-in-virginia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was in March this year that Joe Bouchard, Laura Wood Habr (Croc’s 19th Street Bistro and Virginia Beach’s “green ambassador”), Ari Lawrence (Virginia Chair, Surfrider Foundation), and myself met to talk about doing a Hands Across The Sand in Virginia Beach.  We were inspired by the 10,000 Floridians who a month earlier had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Gathering Oct. 1-3 at Prince William Forest Park: Most Stimulating To Date</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/07/annual-gathering-oct-1-3-most-stimulating-to-date/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/07/annual-gathering-oct-1-3-most-stimulating-to-date/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Dominion Sierran Summer 2010 Hot Off The Press</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/07/old-dominion-sierran-summer-2010-hot-off-the-press/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/07/old-dominion-sierran-summer-2010-hot-off-the-press/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Chapter&#8217;s Old Dominion Sierran Summer 2010 is hot off the press.  Check it out today!
    * Environmentalists challenge efforts to push through new mountaintop removal coal mine
    * View from the Chair
    * Glen Besa receives 2010 Virginia Ferguson Award
    [...]]]></description>
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