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Articles, photos and other graphics are welcome. Deadlines for articles in 2011 are: Spring (April/May/June) March 11, Summer (July/Aug./Sept.) June 10, Fall (Oct./Nov./Dec.) Sept. 9, Winter 2011 (Jan./Feb./March) Dec. 2. For word counts and photo instructions, contact the editor, Barbara Null, bnull@comcast.net, 804-330-9339.
Recent Issues
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2012
- Unsustainable Me
- Notes from the Chair
- JR Tolbert, assistant director, leaves
- National Sierra Club election
- 2012 legislative session may be toughest yet
- Communicating with legislators during session
- Conservation Lobby Day Jan. 23
- Lobby Day for renewable energy businesses
- Become a Sierra Club citizen lobbyist
- Another UN Climate Conference – More Delays
- Fighting to Keep the ban – a statewide issue
- Dominion Power gets its way ignoring all who strive for clean resources of power
- Virginia Chapter releases Transportation Vision Report
- Student design of solar homes grows, matures
- Solar energy revolution thwarted by Dominion
- Successful solar homes require extensive planning
- Energy Labels for Buildings
- Vast amount of work leads to election day
- FEMA flood insurance program invites disaster
- Winterizing the Home
- High oil prices and transportation funding deficits
- Loud rally in front of Environmental Protection Agency headquarters
- Future of environment seems in trouble – but we can help
- Citizens hold Rally for Renewables
- Wilderness First Aid
- Falls of the James 30th annual holiday celebration
- Members discuss environmental issues at 2011 Annual Gathering
- Many ways to love the wild, open spaces
- Outings leaders and programs increasing
- Not happy with your state senator? Run for office yourself
2011
- Big Victories for Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal
- Notes from the Chair
- Sierra Club honors Ivy Main and Charles Price
- Last chance to join the fun and camaraderie
- Anti-environment politicians trying to send Virginia in wrong direction
- Tea Party opinions on climate change and energy issues
- Wise Energy Coalition leads fight against Surry County coal plant
- Huge inhaler attracts attention in three cities
- Former negative opinion on wind turbines changes
- Wind turbine activity in Roanoke area
- Virginia Offshore Wind Conference held
- Citizens to learn how uranium mining will impact communities
- Earth-shaking event prompts questions, concerns
- Sierra Club, Laborers Union create Friends of VA Transit
- Labor unions endorse offshore wind development
- Nation’s march to “corporate personhood” slow but steady
- Administration unwilling to pursue sensible solutions to transportation woes
- Sierra Club, bicyclists plan event in Fairfax
- Va. Sierra Club plans celebration of Wilderness Act
- GW Forest comment period extended
- Training planned for leaders of national outings
- Status of Va. Sierra Club outings programs needs update
- Fall WFA certification courses
- Activists busy demonstrating, working towards better, cleaner environment (photo page)
- What are Virginia’s nuclear accident precautions?
- At-large delegates for chapter ex-com to be elected in November
- Climate Denial – Attack of the Radical Deregulators
- A Greener Virginia through Sierra Club Activism
- Tea Party threatens Albemarle County’s environmental progress
- Sierra Club passes resolution on Citizens’ United
- Join Sierrans at Annual Gathering at Prince William Forest Park
- Every member General Assembly up for re-election
- Keep the Ban workshops to be held statewide
- March held in downtown Appalachia for Ison Rock Ridge
- Dirty coal-fired power plant to close doors
- Campaign for offshore wind energy gathers steam
- Roanoke River one of 10 most endangered
- DC Metro Solar Home and Building Tour
- Natural Drying Device clothes dryer of future
- Finding the ultimate walking community
- Getting back to the green old days
- Testing hair for mercury
- Updated air quality standard for soot to be proposed by EPA
- Coal mine permitting authority cancels meeting with environmentalists
- Governor’s transportation spending plan headed down wrong road
- Wilderness first aid required when medical technology unavailable
- 100 hikers undertake 100K One Day Hike
- Backpacking course teaches fundamentals, tests hikers’ skills
- Summer WFA courses available
- Sierra Club college interns working around state
- Falls of James Group recycles students’ discards
- Draft Forest Plan just released
- Piedmont Group table Charlottesville Eco-Fair
- Big Coal vs. the World
- Working for Labor for Good Green Jobs
- Rebuilding Green
- Notes from the Chair
- John Cruickshank to lead Chapter ExComm
- David Dickson to manage Green Transportation Campaign
- Vasiliy Kisunko to serve as Metro DC coordinator
- Offshore Wind Conference Virginia Beach June 22
- Annual Gathering again at Prince William Forest Park
- Eager for clean energy and brighter future?
- National Sierra Club election this Spring
- Island hopping in Channel Islands National Park
- State legislators show little courage to clean our air
- Governor’s transportation plan unacceptable
- Bill allowing development of conservation area awaiting Governor’s signature
- Coyote survives “wild” Roanoke
- Uranium debate—large profits for wealthy vs. clean drinking water for Virginians
- Path transmission line suspended
- Offshore wind blowing our way?
- Citizens Conference for Offshore Wind June 4
- Join the VA4WIND team
- EPA updating Clean Air Act standards
- Falls of the James Group sponsors
- RVA Environmental Festival
- Wilderness First Aid courses to be held in Spring
- Spring Paddle on eastern Virginia swamp April 2
- Winter hikers navigate 22 miles on Rivanna Trail
- Hike planned May 20-22 on West Virginia mountain
- Some hike Himalayas, others hike in Virginia
- Nitrogen pollution cause by inefficient agricultural fertilization
- Offshore wind picks up speed along the Atlantic
- VCN Lobby Day January 17
- Diplomats bury head in sand in Cancun
- Legislative solutions to state’s environmental challenges
- Continue fighting Cuccinelli’s extreme agenda
- Roanoke Group endorses proposed wind energy project on Poor Mountain
- High speed rail in Virginia discussed
- Virginia Beach school with Leed silver rating
- Focus on Potomac River coal plant in Alexandria
- Solar or not – a difficult and complex decision
- Taking the Bull by the Horns: Meet Ruth Amundsen
- WIP a failure and mishmash from the get-go
- If it’s good for brookies, is it good for boaters
- New draft plan for GW National Forest in Virginia
- Omnibus Public Lands Bill could be sunk
- Chesapeake Bay Group hikers backpack in
- Shenandoah on crisp fall day
- Wilderness First Aid Certification courses planned
- Two-part backpacking course to be held in Newport News
- Another celebration of saving the Mattaponi
- A young man and the outdoors
- Cannon Creek Greenway – community revitalization in Richmond
- Restore Charlottesville’s historic Rock Hill Gardens
- Piedmont Group announces winter events
- Roanoke Group excom election
- 2011 – Despite challenges, an exciting year ahead
2010
- McDonnell offers “Do Nothing Plan” to clean up the Bay
- Notes from the Chair
- Meet Sierra Club’s Virginia chapter staff
- Attend Weekend in Wise County
- 2010-2011 Conservation campaigns and priorities
- Chapter hires grassroots organizing manager
- Last chance for Annual Gathering
- Fracking–dangers of extracting gas from shale
- EPA coal ash hearing draws citizens from 7 states
- Offshore drilling fight continues
- One big victory over Big Coal
- Cross country train trip relaxing adventure
- Choosing materials for house remodel
- Should Clean Air Act be trashed?
- Reconnecting nature through planning
- Grind up autumn leaves for garden nutrients
- Gov. McDonnell to Bay: “Drop Dead”
- GE salmon could cause genetic pollution
- Mattaponi Victory Paddle
- Public meeting for GW National Forest Oct. 5
- 2000 people join hands to protest offshore drilling
- Activists incensed over do nothing leaders
- Cannon Creek Greenway
- Piedmont Group meetings
- Roanoke Group ex-com nominations
- Roanoke Group ex-com election
- Delegates to Virginia Chapter to be elected Nov. 1
- Stand up to McDonnell/Cucinelli radical anti-environmental agenda
- Environmentalists challenge efforts to push through new mountaintop removal coal mine
- View from the Chair
- Glen Besa receives 2010 Virginia Ferguson Award
- J.R. Tolbert assistant director for legislation, fund raising
- Virginia Chapter seeks new treasurer
- Annual Gathering to be most stimulating to date
- Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium organizes
- Climate bill moves to front burner this summer
- More Energy STAR labeled homes built each year
- Majority supports government limiting green house gas emissions
- Continued diligence needed to prevent drilling off Virginia’s coast
- Environmental justice leaders fight for people, homes, mountains
- Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference energizes
- Laborers Union trains weatherization experts
- Clean Energy Patriots Needed for Earth Day Revolution
- 2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference to bring environmentalists and labor unions together
- National Sierra Club election takes place this spring
- Join fellow Sierra Club members at 2010 Annual Gathering in Prince William Forest Park
- March Fundraising Appeal: Declaring our Clean Energy Independence
- 2010 GA Legislature dominated by conservatives, climate change deniers and big business allies
- Legislation creates offshore wind authority to support, coordinate and facilitate development of Va. offshore wind industry
- Sierra Club members play pivotal role in two recent Northern Virginia elections
- Legislators’ actions towards most water quality bills disappointing
- Remodeling a house using sustainable, green building techniques
- Loss of a major pollinator effects everyone
- More Compost, Less Greenhouse Gases from Landfills
- Electric co-op members powerful force to stop development of huge coal power plant
- New videos add flair to Chapter website
- George Washington National Forest plan revision resumes — many sections troubling
- Mattaponi Victory Tour: Canoe and kayak the Mattaponi in July and September
- How to become a Sierra Club outings leader
- Ratchet It Up, Richmond – Falls of the James recycling campaign gaining momentum
- National Park Service plans 7,238 acre expansion of Petersburg National Battlefield
- Roanoke Valley Cool: Cities Coalition starts Kill-a-Watt Community Outreach
- Attorney General’s lawsuit against EPA ignores both science and the law
- Message to 2010 General Assembly
- From the Chair
- VCN Lobby Day – January 18
- Virginia Chapter seeks new treasurer
- Coalition works toward healthier environment
- Va. Chapter members work for endorsed candidates
- New website presents new punch to online presence
- Va. Chapter seeks Forest Issues Chair
- Parts of draft transportation plan friendly to enviros
- Va. farmers balk at initiatives to clean up Bay
- Update – Bringing offshore wind energy to Virginia
- Opposition to Surry County power plant increases
- EPA ruling on coal ash imminent
- Scaling up home energy retrofit market
- Recycle CFLs at Home Depot stores
- Preliminary home energy audit by homeowner
- When power lines down generate energy from within yourself
- Caulking primer for beginners
- Joint bill on dangerous chemicals in water
- Greater Washington 2050 Region Forward Plan reviewed
- Role of National Parks changes
- Great Dismal Swamp Wildlife Refuge
- Sierra Club names Sustainable Metro DC coordinator
- Virginia’s U.S. Senators need to hear from us
- 2010 Annual Gathering to be held in Prince William Forest Park
- Copenhagen – Getting serious about climate change
2009
- Newport News gives up on reservoir on Mattaponi
- Roger Diedrich – dedicated volunteer and mentor
- Virginia Chapter sees changes in staff personnel
- I-81 issue keeps on truckin’
- Stormwater runoff rules weakened by SWCB
- Dirty coal, mountaintop removal protested in Alexandria
- Offshore wind production has governor’s backing
- JMU wind power research, educational outreach
- Offshore wind video debuts
- All it takes is one spill
- Could Virginia be facing water shortages?
- Annual Gathering recap
- Roanoke Group news
- Clean Energy, Bright Future rallies
- Vote for delegates to chapter ex-com
- Camping, biking, hiking on family outing
- Cap and Trade — a market oriented approach
- Virginia’s contribution to nuclear safety
- America’s bright future powered by clean energy
- Dick Ball–expert extraordinaire on energy and climate change
- EPA awards grants to reduce diesel emissions
- Annual Gathering filled with variety of learning
- Which side are you on?
- Leaders wanted to serve on chapter excom
- Stop Ison Rock Ridge mountaintop removal
- Sierra Club works on DEQ energy permit process
- Stop ODEC’s Surry County coal plant
- Biomass — the low hanging fruit
- Proposed PATH transmission line hearing
- Volunteers heat things up during August recess
- Solar Decathalon in Washington DC in October
- McIntire Park named endangered historic site
- Small farms — increase local demand, market
- Pamunkey River kayak excursion
- Utah’s Red Rock Canyonlands
- Outings in Hampton Roads area
- Wake up and smell the biomass
- Citizen Lobbying Makes a Difference
- September Annual Gathering
- You can help provide a sustainable Virginia
- Roanoke places conservation easement on public property
- Public properties around state get protection
- Stimulus money to be used to clean water in Virginia
- Solar industry predicted to grow again soon
- Rural broadband through micro solar-wind system
- Dominion’s green power option
- Va. secretary rejects grant for interstate rail study
- Climate/Energy Security Act passes committee
- Adopting International Energy Conservation Code
- Alex Fredua-Agyemang Summer Intern
- Cool Cities Coalition launches initiative
- Roanoke Cool Citizens awards
- Tour de Cut hike in Mountain Lake Wilderness
- Beginning Backpacking Classes
- Updated GW National Forest plan to be released
- What’s lurking inside personal care products?
- Mattaponi Victory
- Conservation easement on James River Park
- 2009: Opportunity to elect environmental majority
- Annual Gathering features workshops, entertainment
- 2010 budget stresses transformations for energy and environment
- Recovery Redefined
- Moving towards 21st century transportation
- Court rules Dominion permit invalid
- New transmission lines will increase pollution
- Citizens rally to save Charlottesville’s McIntire Park
- U of R student discards to be recycled at yard sale
- Hopewell Clean Air Network reaches out to citizens
- 2009 General Assembly slow towards energy efficiency
- Virginia convenes coal combustion waste panel
- Ready to join Local Food Movement?
- Protect natural wonders of GW National Forest
- EPA to review new mountain-top removal permits
- Three Tour de Cut hikes planned
- Virginia Ridge and Valley Act passed
- Outings, travel sometimes life-changing events
- Gubernatorial candidates’ views on environment
- Blue Green Alliance tries to dispel false dichotomies
- Making a down payment on the green economy
- Taking the message of green jobs to Capitol Hill
- Some green jobs found to be poor jobs
- February town hall meeting on green jobs future
- Virginia Chapter steps up tubing action
- You can help bring clean energy to Virginia
- Win a canoe trip down the Mattaponi River
- Survey on Climate Change sent to state legislators
- Urban runoff polluting, eroding our streams
- Is your refrigerator an energy hog?
- Court opens floodgate for more mountain top removal
- Decision one step backwards in march to climate justice
- Offshore drilling threat at start of new Administration
- Petition to reduce “Hopewell Smell” delivered
- Sierra Club influences SCC’s IRP guidelines
- Annual Gathering of chapter members planned
- Canoe excursion in ancient Bald Cypress swamp
- Learn to Lead – Sierra Student Coalition training
- Hiking season soon to hit its stride
- Even if price is right, will we buy it?
- Virginia targeted for off shore drilling
- Green Jobs Expo to be held in D.C. Feb. 5
- Rachel Flynn, planner, gets Green Giant award
- Virginia Chapter excom election results
- Repower, Refuel, Rebuild Virginia
- Governor’s commission final report on climate change
- Taking delivery on environmental victories
- Conservation Citizen Lobby Day
- Help elderly, disabled weatherize their homes
- Decrease trash, increase items recycled
- Great Backyard Birdcount
- 2009 Virginia General Assembly Session
- Wise Energy – 2008 and promise of 2009
- Chapter volunteers saw many political victories
- Campaigners take on variety of chores
- Members volunteer 25, 50, 100 hours and more
- Busy outings program for all ages, abilities
- Sierra Club’s Climate Recovery Agenda
2008
- Wise Energy Coalition Tour
- Support Sierra Club 2009 political work
- Allison Chin to speak at holiday event
- Environmentalists preparing for upcoming General Assembly session
- Let fall leaves do what’s natural for environment
- Paper or plastic? Or your own reusable bag?
- More reasons to work at conserving energy
- Workshop discusses off-shore wind power in mid-Atlantic
- C-campaign Virginia strong state climate action plan
- Hopewell Clean Air Network makes progress
- Fall Jamboree stimulates and empowers
- At-large delegates up for reelection to Chapter ExCom
- Bicycles for rent all around Paris
- Offshore drilling will not solve energy and climate crisis
September/October (783 KB)
- State political leaders to be guests at Fall Jamboree
- Tyla Matteson to receive Special Service Award
- Energy and Sustainability Conference
- Virginia Chapter adds two dedicated activists to staff
- It ain’t over ’til it’s over – Wise County power plant
- Mirant power plant awarded new permit
- Hampton Roads citizens respond to oil drilling craze
- When is all that stuff enough?
- Drinking bottled water adds to your carbon footprint
- Americans begin to make changes – have you?
- Maintain autos to keep pollutants out of waterways
- Greening of rural communities must reflect local values
- Weak coal ash regulations pollute water
- Albemarle restricts use of toxic chemicals
- Sierra Club helps eliminate “Hopewell Smell”
- Fall Tour de Cut to view clear cuts
- Sierra Club master outings leader retires
- Outings leader training workshop to be held Oct.
- Taking tops off mountains at flip of switch
July/August (791 KB)
- Virginia’s waterways inaccessible for public use
- Smart Growth and Transportation Campaign
- Va. Chapter needs your help to improve air quality
- Take a summer job to save the Bay
- Environmentalists continue to fight Wise County coal-fired power plant
- Guide to types of plastic
- Raising children with sustainable values
- Small farms more productive and profitable
- Lightbulbs to Leadership campaign
- Five easy ways to cut fuel costs
- Sierra Club responds to Bush/McCain proposal to open more offshore drilling
- Fight to Save the Mattaponi continues
- Fall Jamboree to be held September 12-14
- Hampton Roads area gears up for activism
- Tour de Cut season for 2008
- Challenging 100K and 50K One Day Hike
- Facts Dominion Power doesn’t want you to know
May-June (858 KB)
- Wind energy siting in Mid-Altantic
- Highlights: 2008 General Assembly session
- Sierra Club organizer based in Hampton Roads
- Glen Besa takes post of Virginia Chapter Director
- Virginia Air Board to review Dominion’s Wise County plant permit
- People power needed to stop Wise power plant
- Power2Change campaign comes to Virginia
- How green is your personal computer?
- Conservation: an Inconvenient Cost
- Building green economy–Green Jobs conference
- GWNF planning meetings expected early summer
- Waterfront development risky
- Roanoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade
- Fly ash disposal now in lawyers’ hands
- Tree planting event in Richmond
- RVCCC greening workshop to be held May 16
- Sierra Club author, cyclist on Virginia book tour
- Student activists–the climate needs you
- For both fun and satisfaction try service outings
- Governor needs to protect our children’s health
March-April (856 KB)
- Governor’s VA Commision on Climate Change
- VA Chapter elects officers, seats new delegates
- From Inspiration to Action – March 2
- 14 VA colleges and universities sign on to climate plan
- 300 people crowd into SCC hearing
- Smart Growth – volunteers lobby on Capitol Hill
- Arctic species need protection from big oil
- Sierra Club’s Project Renewal opposed
- Use CFLs safely and responsibly
- Dark side of ethanol and biodiesel subsidies
- Sierra Club adopts new population policy
- Do we really need all that stuff?
- Flood plains and fly ash
- Increasing energy efficiency can be achieved
- University of Richmond signs climate commitment
- Another Cool City
- Environmentalist elected to Board of Supervisors
- Get into the woods in 2008
- Canoe excursion planned April 20th
- Fall Jamboree plans taking shape
- Acitvist Outings help Sierra Club promote positions
- Help Wanted – bold leadership on global warming
January-February (1859 KB)
- 2008 Legislative Priorities
- Two seasoned activists join chapter staff
- Virginia Conservation Network lobby day
- Wise County, Bali and Beyond
- Say NO to new coal plant in Virginia
- How to stop a power plant
- Talking points for SCC commissioners
- Personally reducing our carbon footprint
- Changes to reduce transportation emissions
- Lifestyle choices reduce CO2 emissions
- Environmental candidates triumph
- Besa, Matteson at UN Climate Change Conference
- Virginia Ridge & Valley Act pass House
- Sierrans play role in 2007 Roanoke Energy Expo
- Rappahannock Group’s two key projects progress
- Greening the Grassroots II
- Attention: Great Falls Group members
- Outings
- Fall Jamboree at Pocahontas State Park
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