On Wednesday November 30th, 50 citizens rallied in front of Dominion Headquarters in Richmond to call on the company to reduce coal-fired electricity generation and to include more investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency in their Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Dominion’s IRP is now before the State Corporation Commission (SCC), which accepted public comments [...]

It has been an exciting week for those of us at the Wise Energy Coalition and for the citizens of Hampton Roads who have been fighting what would be the largest coal-fired power plant in Virginia for just shy of three years. Months of pressure from Isle of Wight County citizens paid off as their [...]

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November 21, 2011
Momentum Builds in Opposition to ODEC Coal Plant Back-to-Back Victories for Local Residents in Hampton Roads
Contact:
Whitney Byrd, WEFV Coalition Coordinator
703-928-5688
Momentum against Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s plans for [...]

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County is latest to cite health and economic concerns as reasons to oppose
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On Thursday, the Isle of [...]

Isle of Wight County, located in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, adopted an official resolution of opposition to what would be the largest coal-fired power plant in Virginia, if permitted. Click here for the Wise Energy Press release.
Isle of Wight County is downwind of and direct neighbors to the would be host Surry County. [...]

Today Virginians who live at the base of Ison Rock Ridge, a mountain threatened by a pending mountaintop removal permit, are participating in Virginia Rising: The Rally to Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing. They are rallying at the headquarters of the EPA today at noon and are joined by their friends who live [...]

Join us in less than two weeks, on Wednesday, November 16th in Washington, DC as we rally to keep a mountain in Virginia from being toppled, and communities from being destroyed by Big Coal.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is considering allowing a mountaintop removal permit for Ison Rock Ridge to go forward. As [...]

Two weeks ago, Governor McDonnell hosted an Energy Conference in Richmond. In anticipation of the conference, the Sierra Club and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network criticized the Governor for the lack of emphasis on renewable energy and energy efficiency in the agenda.  The Governor responded by claiming that the conference agenda was “balanced” and included [...]

Cuccinelli, EPA to square off over coal plant rules
E2 - The Hill’s Energy and Environment blog
Today, the Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will be a witness to a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  The hearing is called “Lights Out II: Another Look at EPA’s Utility MACT Rule.”
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Batteries on a wind farm help control [...]

Please help spread the word about Virginia Rising: The Rally to Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing coming up on November 16th in Washington DC from 12-1pm. Email the following youtube videos to your friends, or post to facebook or twitter (#virginiarising). If you would like to hand out fliers around the DC metro area, [...]

Join us today and tomorrow in Richmond to hold the Governor and polluters accountable!
This week, 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 [...]

In Wise County Virginia, a mountain known as Ison Rock Ridge is slated to be destroyed by a 1,200 acre mountaintop removal coal mine. Ison Rock Ridge sits above five small communities made up of 1,800 people. If the permit is approved, the quality of life for these people would effectively be destroyed as well.
The [...]

Please join us for the fourth annual Weekend in Wise County, a Weekend of Communion for the Mountains, in the beautiful and awe-inspiring Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Hosted by the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards and Wise Energy for Virginia - we will be convening in the town of Appalachia in Wise County, Virginia the weekend [...]

On Tuesday, August 16th, the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition held the first of three events on what has been dubbed the “Road to Clean Energy Tour,” inflating an 18-foot asthma inhaler at Neptune Park in Virginia Beach, downwind from the proposed Cypress Creek coal-fired power plant, to draw attention to the health risks of [...]