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	<title>Virginia Chapter Sierra Club &#187; Clean Energy Solutions</title>
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		<title>Let’s Tell Governor McDonnell what a 21st Century Energy Plan Looks Like!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond Coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountaintop Removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 17 &#8211; 18, Governor McDonnell is holding his second Virginia Energy Conference.  Based on his track record we expect more of the same: coal, gas, oil, nuclear, with limited commitment to renewable energy. We need to turn this around to safeguard our air and water and begin to address climate change. 
Here’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Planet Virginia a Big Success!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond Coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Drilling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a number of locations throughout Virginia, Sierrans participated in 350.org&#8217;s &#8220;Moving Planet&#8221; on Saturday, Sept. 24.  Check out all our photos (thanks, Hannah and Jennifer) and video (thanks, Irene Lane!).  



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		<title>Check Out Our New VA4Wind Bumper Stickers!</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/09/windbumperstickers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyond Coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Promise us that you&#8217;ll put our VA4Wind bumper sticker on your car, and we&#8217;ll send you one for free!  
Check out our &#8220;Power Tools&#8221; page for more details about how you can help carry the message:  &#8220;Come On, Dominion. Let&#8217;s Get This Blowing!&#8221;
And while you&#8217;re here, be sure to sign our petition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Energy Tour Hits Virginia Aug. 16-18</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/08/clean-energy-tour-hits-virginia-aug-16-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond Coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On August 16th, 17th, and 18th, the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition will launch a Clean Energy Tour to draw attention to the health risks of air pollution from coal-fired power plants at tour stops in Virginia Beach, Richmond, and Alexandria. 
Burning coal to generate electricity produces toxic pollutants like soot and smog, which aggravate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Club Applauds Gov. McDonnell on Offshore Wind Deal</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/02/sierra-club-applauds-gov-mcdonnell-on-offshore-wind-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Wind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Statement of Glen Besa, Director of Sierra Club-Virginia Chapter:
&#8220;With the ribbon cutting today [Feb. 10] in Chesapeake, Virginians are awakened to the potential of a new, clean energy future. Virginia has several natural advantages that brought Gamesa to Virginia. Plentiful offshore winds, a deep water port and a skilled and experienced labor force make Hampton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Club Applauds VA Beach City Council Action to Direct Clean Energy Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyond Coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Drilling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Chapter Sierra Club offered the following statement in response to Virginia Beach City Council’s unanimous vote last night adopting the Mayor’s Alternative Energy Task Force report and calling for implementation of its recommendations.
“The Virginia Chapter Sierra Club applauds the hard work and dedication of the Mayor’s Alternative Energy Task Force and urges prompt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Renewable Energy Business Lobby Day Comes to Richmond</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/01/first-renewable-energy-business-lobby-day-comes-to-richmond/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2011/01/first-renewable-energy-business-lobby-day-comes-to-richmond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Click here to check out photos and press for our first ever Renewable Energy Business Lobby Day.
“It is time that our legislative leaders took stock of the renewable energy industry in Virginia,” said Kent Baake, CEO and founder of Continuum Energy Solutions. “That is why this very first Renewable Energy Business Lobby Day is [...]]]></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>
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				<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>&#8220;Smart from the Start&#8221;: DOI to Streamline Atlantic Offshore Wind Process</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/11/smart-from-the-start-doi-to-streamline-atlantic-offshore-wind-process/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/11/smart-from-the-start-doi-to-streamline-atlantic-offshore-wind-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Wind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sierra Club Virginia Chapter Director Glen Besa offered the following statement on yesterday&#8217;s announcement by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar:
“Sierra Club Virginia Chapter applauds today’s announcement by the Department of Interior of measures to expedite permitting of offshore wind power. “ 
“In the next 60 days the DOI’s Smart from the Start Initiative will designate Wind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter urges bold action for clean energy, critical of Gov.&#8217;s &#8220;all of the above approach&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/10/chapter-urges-bold-action-for-clean-energy-critical-of-gov-s-all-of-the-above-approach/</link>
		<comments>http://vasierraclub.org/2010/10/chapter-urges-bold-action-for-clean-energy-critical-of-gov-s-all-of-the-above-approach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Levandoski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the close Governor McDonnell’s Conference on Energy, Sierra Club announced that it had just endorsed a new wind project in Roanoke County proposed by Invenergy and had moved to intervene in litigation to defend the US EPA’s new guidance to protect rivers and streams from the ravages of mountaintop removal coal mining.   [...]]]></description>
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