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		<title>Virginia Offshore Wind: Open for Business</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2012/02/breaking-news-interior-offshore-wind-announcement-sierra-club-va-chpt-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia's Offshore Wind Development: Open for Business]]></description>
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		<title>Real Renewables or Repeal the Law. Dominion Does Not Get It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dominion passes off to each of us its ratepayers those costs involved with satisfying Virginia&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Club Disappointed by Gov&#8217;s Uranium Directive</title>
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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>
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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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		<description><![CDATA[







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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Rafferty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter News]]></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>Warm Up with our Winter 2012 ODS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Winter 2012 edition of the Old Dominion Sierran turns up the heat on Dominion Virginia Power and their stranglehold on the legislative and regulatory process.  Click here to check out those articles and much, much more!  
Winter 2012

Unsustainable Me
Notes from the Chair
JR Tolbert, assistant director, leaves 
National Sierra Club election
2012 legislative session [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Wanted: Chapter Assistant Director for Legislation and Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Posted Dec. 9, 2011] &#8211; The Sierra Club Virginia Chapter is seeking an Assistant Director for Legislation and Development. Proven skills and a track record in both areas are a must.  Knowledge of environmental issues and experience in working with volunteer leaders in a collaborative decision making process are also essential.  Deadline for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEWS: Sierra Club Report Critical of Gov. McDonnell’s Transportation Program</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/12/news-sierra-club-report-critical-of-gov-mcdonnell%e2%80%99s-transportation-program/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/12/news-sierra-club-report-critical-of-gov-mcdonnell%e2%80%99s-transportation-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falls of the James Holiday Celebration with SC President Robin Mann as Keynote</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/12/falls-of-the-james-holiday-celebration-with-sc-president-robin-mann-as-keynote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Falls of the James Group, Sierra Club’s 30th Holiday Celebration will be held Wednesday, December 7 at 6:30 P.M., at the seasonally decorated Science Museum of Virginia, located at 2500 West Broad Street in Richmond. The evening includes buffet dinner, holiday music, silent auction, and features keynote speaker and current President of The Sierra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come On, Dominion! Let&#8217;s Get This Blowing!</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/12/come-on-dominion-lets-get-this-blowing/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/12/come-on-dominion-lets-get-this-blowing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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