Tag: "Safeguarding Communities"

Tell MMS to Stop Atlantic Drilling Program, Fast-Track Wind Instead!
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Tell MMS to Stop Atlantic Drilling Program, Fast-Track Wind Instead!

By Admin on Jun 29, 2010 in Safeguarding Communities

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 Hands Across The Sand Video!
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Check Out Our Hands Across The Sand Video!

By Admin on Jun 02, 2010 in Safeguarding Communities

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 [...]

NEWS: Obama Cancels VA Lease Sale 220, Director Glen Besa Responds
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NEWS: Obama Cancels VA Lease Sale 220, Director Glen Besa Responds

By Admin on May 27, 2010 in Safeguarding Communities

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 [...]

Tell MMS “No Seismic Oil & Gas Exploration Off Our Virginia Coast”
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Tell MMS “No Seismic Oil & Gas Exploration Off Our Virginia Coast”

By Admin on May 10, 2010 in Safeguarding Communities

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 [...]

[Mock] Oil Spill Hits Virginia Beach
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[Mock] Oil Spill Hits Virginia Beach

By Admin on May 10, 2010 in Safeguarding Communities

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 June 26 in VA Beach
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Hands Across The Sand June 26 in VA Beach

By Admin on May 10, 2010 in Safeguarding Communities

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 [...]

Oil Disaster: What You Can Do to Help
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Oil Disaster: What You Can Do to Help

By Admin on May 05, 2010 in Safeguarding Communities

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 [...]

NEWS: Gov. McDonnell Amends Bill to Weaken Air Pollution Laws in NOVA.
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NEWS: Gov. McDonnell Amends Bill to Weaken Air Pollution Laws in NOVA.

By Admin on Apr 16, 2010 in Beyond Coal

[Richmond] Among the many amendments to legislation offered by Governor Bob McDonnell is a change to HB1300/SB128 that weakens the authority of the State Air Pollution Control Board to mandate reductions in nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide in coal-fired power plants Northern Virginia. NOx and SO2 contribute to smog and acid rain, respectively.
“Governor [...]

NEWS: Virginia Sierra Club Responds to Obama Drilling Announcement
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NEWS: Virginia Sierra Club Responds to Obama Drilling Announcement

By Admin on Mar 31, 2010 in Safeguarding Communities

Virginia Offshore Drilling Yields Net Job Loss, Risk to Coastal Economy
NEWS RELEASE: [Virginia Beach, VA] – March 31, 2010
In anticipation of today’s announcement by President Obama regarding expansion of offshore drilling into areas that were previously protected, including drilling off Virginia’s coast, the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter offered the following statements:
“We are deeply disappointed that [...]

Tell Your State Senators to Oppose the Virginia Dirty Air Act, HB1300
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Tell Your State Senators to Oppose the Virginia Dirty Air Act, HB1300

By Admin on Mar 26, 2010 in General Assembly, Resilient Habitats, Safeguarding Communities

You could be breathing dirtier air if this legislation passes!
Tell your Senator to vote “No” to the Virginia Dirty Air Act. Urge them to vote against HB 1300 (Kilgore).
Under the current law, the Air Pollution Control Board can decide whether to require large polluters to make actual reductions in NOx and SO2 pollutants or [...]

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