Sept. 28: Some Virginia residents are concerned about the new Cypress Creek coal-fired plant and its impact on the Chesapeake Bay, but plant officials say it’s needed to keep up with rising demand. NBC’s Amna Nawaz reports. Check out the video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33012073#33012073

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Cross posted from Appalachian Voices Front Porch Blog Congressman Tom Perriello (VA-05) was just on Rachel Maddow talking about Bonner/ACCCE’s fraudulent attempts to get him to vote against climate legislation. The fossil fuel industry has completely destroyed their fragile credibility, and things are heating up for ACCCE and their corporate lobbying partners with increasing calls [...]

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Cross posted from Appalachian Voices’ Front Porch Blog Polluting Industries Caught Forging Support When you are a small non-profit working to reform billion dollar industries, you can take some solace when the other side is damaging their own case far more seriously than regular citizens ever could. The last few days have been a highlight [...]

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Article from Tamara Dietrich at the Daily Press. Read the Whole Article Here: http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_tamara_0724jul24,0,7027240.column Notably missing from the Army Corps scope of review is mountaintop removal and global warming. While I have respect for their review I believe they made a mistake when they chose to leave out leveling of the oldest mountains in the [...]

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Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia, a close ally to President Obama and current head of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), came out with this statement in favor of the Administration’s proposal regarding mountaintop removal removal yesterday. “I applaud the new guidelines announced by the administration which will impose tighter restrictions on mountaintop mining. “In Virginia, [...]

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Several opinion pieces have been submitted and printes by newspapers in the Hampton Roads area concerning ODEC’s proposed 1,500 megawatt power plant for the region. Eileen over at Articlexi.com, Virginia’s environmentally focused blog, has collected a few of them and posted them as a blog, and others have since been posted in the comments. Check [...]

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The strip-mined landscape in Wise, Virginia. By Janet L. Parker, Ph.D. | January 12, 2009 (Center for American Progress) Tennessee’s recent sludge spill is an obvious reminder that irresponsible coal practices are dirty and devastating. Mountain-top removal coal mining is dirty, noisy, and scars the landscape. It has also harmed Kathy Selvage’s mother’s prayer time. [...]

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New study shows investing in efficiency instead of Wise County coal plant would save most Virginia families up to $91 a year. Download the report by clicking here. Richmond – A new report shows that investing in energy efficiency instead of building the Wise County coal plant to meet the same electricity demand would yield [...]

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Download the executive summary (.pdf 68 KB) Download the full report (.pdf 1.5 MB) See Press Release Here. Appalachian Voices                Tom Cormons        (301) 910-8973 (cell) Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards    Kathy Selvage     (276) 565-1083 Sierra Club, Virginia Chapter            Glen Besa         (804) 225-9113 Chesapeake Climate Action Network        [...]

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Seriously HUGE. This represents a win, win, win, for consumers, the electric utilities, and the environment. We just have to make sure our friends in Richmond don’t stop it from happening. The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) is a “nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting [...]

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