Tag: "Safeguarding Communities"

Speak Out for Stronger Smog Standards

By Admin on Jan 25, 2010 in Safeguarding Communities

On January 6, 2010, the EPA proposed to strengthen the national air quality standards for ozone. EPA proposed a range of 60-70 parts per billion (ppb), a much lower level than the current standard of 75 ppb. The EPA will be holding a public hearing in several places across the U.S. including Arlington, Virginia on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport, Washington Room (located on the Ballroom Level), 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway in Arlington. The hearing begins at 9:30am and continues all day, into the evening.

McDonnell’s Rush to Drill Ignores Economic and Environmental Costs

By Admin on Jan 12, 2010 in Safeguarding Communities

The Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club issued its response to Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell’s recent letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar regarding Virginia offshore drilling and lease sale.
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“In his rush to accelerate Virginia offshore drilling, Mr. McDonnell is not considering the big picture”, said Glen Besa, director of the Virginia [...]

I-81 corridor issue keeps on truckin’

By Eileen Levandoski on Jan 08, 2010 in Green Transportation

With a stake in the heart of the Mattaponi reservoir project, the I-81 battle seems poised to take over the distinction of Virginia’s epic environmental campaign. It was 2002 when we started to see multiple proposals to widen I-81 to address the congestion and safety issues resulting from heavy truck traffic.

We Saved the Mattaponi

By Eileen Levandoski on Dec 21, 2009 in Safeguarding Communities

Victory is Ours: We Saved the Mattaponi River
by Tyla Matteson
Our valiant efforts over the past 13 years to Save the Mattaponi have a happy ending. Newport News terminated their project to construct the proposed King William Reservoir.
Our story goes back to 1996 when the Sierra Club began the campaign to stop a giant and unneeded [...]

Imaging Australian Oil Spill Off Virginia’s Coast

By Eileen Levandoski on Dec 06, 2009 in Safeguarding Communities

On day #46 of the devastating oil spill that continues to dump oil into Australian seas, the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter released images of that spill plotted off Virginia’s coast.
The images were commissioned from SkyTruth who used NASA and other government generated satellite images to depict the Australian oil spill that as of September 3 [...]

No Coal-by-Wire Transmission. Oppose TrAILCo.

By Eileen Levandoski on Dec 04, 2009 in Safeguarding Communities

With a new president in 2009, the U.S is poised to take decisive action to address global warming. In anticipation of tighter controls on coal, utilities like Dominion-Virginia Power are rushing to get new coal fired power plants and power lines in place as quickly as possible. With your help we can stop these [...]