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. Click here to RSVP! The Environmental Protection Agency is considering allowing a mountaintop removal permit for Ison Rock Ridge to go [...]

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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 [...]

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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.” – Batteries on a [...]

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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, or [...]

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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 [...]

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The Good, the Bad and the Dirty Energy Demonstration Tues, Oct 18, 5:00 PM- 7:30 PM Bring a homemade sign promoting you favorite Clean Renewable Energy Solutions (wind, solar) and/or depicting the problems with dirty energy (coal and mountaintop removal coal mining, oil, hydro-fracking, uranium mining). We’ll have signs for you if you don’t bring [...]

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Mon, Oct. 17, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Memorialize the destruction of Virginia mountains from mountaintop removal coal mining. And fight to protect the mountains remaining. Where black clothing to this funeral. We’ll have a bagpiper along with a casket and other props. We just need you to be there! You will be joined citizens [...]

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On November 16, join us as we gather in DC in front of the EPA headquarters alongside community members from Wise County to ask the EPA to Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing. The Wise Energy Coalition is teaming up with Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light and other local organizations to bring a few hundred [...]

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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. Plan to attend! [...]

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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. [...]

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Don’t let Big Coal drown out your voice! Tell your member of Congress to stand up against the delay of these vital protections by voting against H.R. 2401, the TRAIN Act. H.R. 2401, or the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act, would indefinitely delay the implementation of the Utility MACT [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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By JW Randolph. Cross posted from the Appalachian Voices Front Porch Blog. Controversial Appalachian politicians promoting mountaintop removal are in the vast minority in their own states Joe Lovett, as he is known to do, says it best: There is unfortunately a fundamental disconnect between what voters want and what our elected officials are giving [...]

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