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Your hard work is paying off. Over the last year the EPA has shown that they have been listening to the science, and the cries of the people of Appalachia and our nation to stop the horrendous practice of mountaintop removal coal mining. But now, the coal lobby is taking note and busily working to [...]

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The agency said its newly unveiled proposed rule would save 17,000 lives a year through emissions reductions.
By Renee Schoof
McClatchy-Tribune

WASHINGTON — Toxic air pollutants such as mercury, which can lower the IQ of children who get high doses early in life, will be reduced from coal-fired power plants under a major air pollution regulation that the [...]

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Crossposted from the Chesapeake Climate Action Network blog:
Last night, I filled the tank of my Zipcar with gas that was almost $4.00 per gallon. It was quite a pricey reminder of the volatility of fossil fuel markets. While coal prices have traditionally been less linked to global events, U.S. coal prices are becoming increasingly set [...]

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Last year, Wise Energy coalition members (the Sierra Club and the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards) released the shocking results of air quality monitoring in the Roda coal camp community in Wise County, Virginia. The study showed that residents are breathing up to three times the amount of dangerous particulate matter that is deemed acceptable by the Environmental [...]

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This is why Virginia Loves Mountains Day (March 25th) is so crucial. We need to make sure that Webb and Warner know we will not stand for them having any part in efforts to stop the EPA from doing their job. Sign up for Va Loves Mountains Day here.
The excerpt below is from the Henderson [...]

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The Virginian-Pilot© February 12, 2011
Figuring out the real cost of making electricity involves higher math, detailed formulae, soothsaying and a Solomon-like ability to assign responsibility. At a minimum, you have to evaluate and estimate the costs for construction, fuel, operations and maintenance over the life of a power plant.
Read the rest here.

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MEDIA RELEASE www.WiseEnergyForVirginia.org

February 8, 2011
Appalachian Voices Tom Cormons (301) 910-8973
Southern Environmental Law Center Marirose Pratt (434) 977-4090
Sierra Club, Virginia Chapter JR Tolbert (706) 594-5487
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Jamie Nolan (240) 396-2022
Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Jane Branham (276) 679-7505

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Virginia [...]

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The Coal Lobby Fights Back by Making it Illegal to Test for Water Pollution Unless…They’ve Already Found Water Pollution
Before we talk about SB 1025 in Virginia, and the coal lobby’s radical attempt to completely grease the skids for the dumping of toxic waste into Virginia’s waterways, let’s begin with a all-too-common coal lobby sentiment on [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE www.WiseEnergyForVirginia.org

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January 26, 2011
Appalachian Voices Tom Cormons (301) 910-8973
Sierra Club, Virginia Chapter Eileen Levandoski (757) 277-8537
Southern Environmental Law Center Cale Jaffe (434) 760-0816
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Jamie Nolan (240) 396-2022
Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Jane Branham (276) 679-7505

Clean Energy Advocates Applaud Virginia Beach Action to Oppose ODEC Coal Plant

Virginia Beach - The Wise Energy [...]

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A great OP-ED by Chelsea Harnish of CCAN ran in today’s Richmond Time’s Dispatch. You can read an excerpt below and view the whole thing here.
There has been a lot of talk between the end of last year’s General Assemblysession and today about the potential to make Virginia the “Energy Capital of the East.” This [...]

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This action alert was sent out by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network yesterday, Jan. 23rd. It covers clean energy legislation that they are promoting.
We need your help. [TODAY] the Senate Commerce and Labor committee will likely vote on important pieces of energy legislation (SB 814, SB 907, SB 975).  All three of these bills are [...]

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This is an Action Alert from CCAN concerning this years GA.
Virginia’s 2011 legislative session has kicked off, and the 37 days remaining to pass clean energy bills are going to fly by. We’re fighting for a clean energy future in Virginia by prioritizing common-sense initiatives to promote energy efficiency and solar, as well as fight [...]

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Cross posted from GRIST. By Appalachian Voices’ Program Director Matt Wasson
In the wake of EPA’s veto last week of the largest mountaintop-removal mine permit ever proposed in West Virginia, the grandstanding of West Virginia politicians and “sky is falling” rhetoric from the coal industry was not surprising. Every effort to protect streams and communities from [...]

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The Virginia Beach City Council is set to make an important decision in a vote next Tuesday on the Mayor’s Alternative Energy Task Force recommendations. Contacting the Council today could help save Hampton Roads from fifty-plus years of pollution from the massive coal-fired power plant proposed by the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC).
The Mayor’s Task Force made [...]

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