Dominion, Virginia’s largest utility, announced that it will phase out two of its oldest and dirtiest coal fired power plants. The Chesapeake and Yorktown plants will end operations by 2016 and 2015 respectively. This announcement comes just days after GenOn Energy, Inc. announced that it had decided to phase out the Potomac Generating Station.
Together, we can clean up Hopewell’s Toxic Air Pollution! Join us for a Public Meeting on DEQ’s Hopewell Health Risk Assessment of Air Toxics.
VA Department of Environmental Quality
Wed, Feb 23 starting at 6:30 PM
City Public Schools Central Office at 103 N. 12th Street in Hopewell
The DEQ meeting will begin at 6:30 and will start with [...]
Uranium mining is a dirty and dangerous practice that puts the health of all Virginians at risk. Sierra Club is working with citizens across the Commonwealth to ensure the ban on uranium mining in Virginia is upheld.
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 [...]
For far too long, Virginia has relied on voluntary measures to clean our waterways – and enough is enough. Tell the EPA and Gov. McDonnell to stop delaying and take action!
When “drill, baby, drill” becomes “spill, baby, spill,” pro-drilling governors need help. Fossil fuel baron Phil Moneybags tells them how to stay the course.
Great news from the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition:
The Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition lauded Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’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 [...]
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. [...]
From Kate Pollard, Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Virginia coordinator.
Coal Ash. It’s Toxic. It’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 — increased [...]
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. [...]
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