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. [...]
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 [...]
BREAKING: Thanks everyone for submitting comments. Last yesterday the DOI has decided to re-open the comment period following assessment of the BP disaster. If
you submitted comments, they will be rolled over to the new comment period.
While we applaud President Obama’s decision to cancel Virginia’s lease sale, we are not out of the woods on drilling. [...]
Check out our new promotional! video for Hands Across the Sand! It was produced by Ivy Main, our wonderful Renewable Energy Chair. It “stars” Chesapeake Bay group chairperson Terra Pascarosa, William Reyes a local business owner, former Commander of the Norfolk Naval Station Joe Bouchard, and Ari Lawrence, the Virginia Chapter chairperson with Surfrider Foundation.
The [...]
Glen Besa, Director of the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, offered the following statement in response to President Obama’s announcement that, in addition to continuing the moratorium on drilling permits for new deepwater wells and delaying in planned exploration off Alaska’s coast, Virginia Lease Sale 220 is canceled.
“The economic and environmental disaster that is currently [...]
The Federal Minerals Management Service (MMS) has called for seismic surveying to explore for oil and gas along the Atlantic. Seismic testing represents the first step in offshore oil drilling and is extremely dangerous to fish and marine life.
Click here to tell MMS to keep air guns out of sensitive areas to include the [...]
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As the Gulf Coast oil catastrophe quickly grows into one of the largest environmental disasters in United States history, Hampton Roads residents rallied in Virginia Beach on Friday to call for a permanent moratorium on offshore drilling and a renewed focus on developing wind farms off Virginia’s coasts instead.
“The Gulf Coast oil spill disaster [...]
Hands Across The Sand is now a national day of action Saturday, June 26! On hundreds of beaches across the U.S., people of all walks of life will be joining hands to draw a line in the sand to say “No” to offshore drilling and “Yes” to clean renewable energy.
The Sierra Club, Surfrider [...]
Gulf Coast communities are facing the challenge of managing the immediate cleanup and recovery needs of area residents, businesses, wildlife and marine life. They will surely need all hands on deck to meet the challenges of the relief effort. Click here to sign up to volunteer as part of the relief efforts and the [...]
Six days after President Obama announced plans to open new areas to offshore drilling, the Feds (Mineral Management Service – MMS) have scheduled seven public hearings on proposed Atlantic geophysical exploration (aka seismic surveys) including a hearing in Norfolk (Hilton Norfolk Airport) on April 29 at 1:00pm and 7:00pm.
Please attend this hearing and speak out [...]
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