On October 17 – 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 [...]
At a number of locations throughout Virginia, Sierrans participated in 350.org’s “Moving Planet” on Saturday, Sept. 24. Check out all our photos (thanks, Hannah and Jennifer) and video (thanks, Irene Lane!).
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Check out our “Power Tools” page for more details about how you can help carry the message: “Come On, Dominion. Let’s Get This Blowing!”
And while you’re here, be sure to sign our petition to [...]
Statement of Glen Besa, Director of Sierra Club-Virginia Chapter:
“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 [...]
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 [...]
Sierra Club Virginia Chapter Director Glen Besa offered the following statement on yesterday’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 [...]
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. [...]
Statement of Glen Besa, VA Sierra Club Director on announcement of Gamesa/Northrup-Grumman deal on offshore wind turbines:
[October 6, 2010] – The announcement today by Gamesa and Northrup-Grumman of a deal to develop a new generation of offshore wind turbines bringing 40 new jobs to Hampton Roads is welcome news.
With this announcement and the [...]
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. [...]
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and ten East Coast governors to include Virginia’s Governor Bob McDonnell signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday to create an Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium to promote “the efficient, orderly, and responsible development of wind resources on the Outer Continental Shelf”.
Glen Besa, Director, Sierra Club-Virginia Chapter, offers the following statement:
“Offshore wind [...]
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