December 2011
4 posts
Wind Energy Setback →
RVA Environmental Film Festival coming to the Byrd... →
Upscale Bay Area home made from salvaged car roofs... →
from TD: UPDATE: James River's health declining,... →
November 2011
5 posts
Plastics PSA Pulled From American Idol Due to... →
Rally for Renewables Nov. 30 in Richmond →
Join us as we deliver our 2,500 public comments to the State Corporation Commission (SCC) urging them to require renewable energy in Dominion Virginia Power’s 15 year plan for powering our future. The rally will be on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 at 1:00 pm. We will start in front of the Dominion tower at S 8th St. and E Cary St., then march to SCC at 1300 Main St.
SC Falls of the James Holiday Celebration December...
The Falls of the James Group, Sierra Club’s 30th Holiday Celebration will be held Wednesday, December 7 at 6:30 P.M., at the seasonally decorated Science Museum of Virginia, located at 2500 West Broad Street in Richmond. The evening includes buffet dinner, holiday music, silent auction, and features keynote speaker and current President of The Sierra Club, Robin Mann. In addition, the 5th Annual...
Tuesday is America Recycles Day
Tuesday is America Recycles Day.
Also, the Sierra Club Falls of the James Conservation Committee, which has been focusing on recycling, meets Tuesday evening at Adele’s house. Contact her for more info.
Seattle Considers Banning The Bag (What about... →
October 2011
5 posts
VCU Composts! →
Who Are You Voting For? →
NYT: With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate... →
What's the Best Way to Turn a Parking Lot into a... →
September 2011
13 posts
"STOP DRILLING & TIMBERING in the GEORGE... →
Today Is World Rivers Day →
Northern Virginia Congressmen Split on Bill that...
Northern Virginia Congressmen Split on Bill that Puts 139,500 Lives at Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “TRAIN” Act, legislation that would indefinitely delay the clean-up of toxic power plant pollution. The legislation could result in 139,500 lives lost due to smog, soot, and toxic air pollution.*
“Everyone should be able to breathe clean air, but this...
WSJ: Coal Industry Backs Boehner →
Moving Planet Richmond- Moving Virginia Toward...
Sat, Sept 24: Rolling Rally in RICHMOND to support Offshore Wind Power! 10am: Dominion Virginia Power Headquarters (701 E. Cary St). We’ll make a creative pinwheel display then ride, walk, skate a few blocks to the state capitol to show our support for offshore wind power! 11am: Southern Stove Works (1215 Hermitage Rd). The Maggie Walker Governor’s School 350 club has organized a...
Important Meetings Tomorrow
Don’t forget SCFOJ meeting this Wednesday: Wednesday, September 14, 7:00 pm Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 W. Broad St. Richmond. Falls of the James Group, Sierra Club presents: “Bringing Offshore Wind to Virginia – What will it take?” If Virginia is to be an early leader in the manufacturing of off shore wind turbines, ship building to install and service the turbines, and in...
Hurricane Irene and Its Impact on Wind Farms →
Floods releasing pollution into Chesapeake Bay →
Final Public Meeting Scheduled to Review Concepts...
Join us Thursday, September 29, 2011 for an important meeting to review two transportation concepts to benefit transit, commuters, bicyclists and pedestrians along the Route 5 corridor from 7th Street in downtown Richmond to S. Laburnum Avenue in eastern Henrico County. You will have an opportunity to hear a brief presentation, review details about the conceptual alternatives and provide your...
Obama - Tar Sands Solidarity Rally
As you might have heard President Obama is going to be speaking on University of Richmond campus this Friday morning.
Since this is a golden opportunity to show the President of the United States, the general public, and University of Richmond students what concerned Richmond people are capable of, we need everyone to come out and get involved.
We’ll be gathering at the grass patch with...
East Coast quake rekindles nuclear plant safety... →
Speaking Truth To Power: Solar for Disaster... →
While many Richmond residents are still without power after Hurricane Irene this past weekend, a few residents have access to their own produced energy (without noisy generators) due to their previous investments in solar arrays. This should come as no surprise, for after Hurricane Katrina, pre-existing solar arrays were the only power sources for a period of time in New Orleans after the fossil...
August 2011
9 posts
Chesapeake Bay Climate Change Map →
Latest SCFOJ Newsletter (PDF link) →
TD: Solar firm moves from incubator to Richmond →
Britain’s Rarest Spider Released Back Into Wild →
Scientists try to restore Atlantic water meadows →
Raising Awareness of Plastic Waste →
*Meeting Recap* Chickahominy River Bacteria TMDL...
Good Afternoon,
Thank you for your participation at the Chickahominy River & Tributaries TMDL public meeting sessions held last week in Mechanicsville. The presentation provided at the meetings is now available at:
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/tmdl/mtgppt.html
“Chickahominy River and Tributaries (Stony Run, Beaverdam Creek, the Chickahominy River from 360 to 156, Boatswain Creek, and...
*Meeting Recap* James River Bacteria TMDL Project...
Good Afternoon,
Thank you for your participation at the James River & Tributaries TMDL public meeting session held last week in Charles City County. The presentation provided at the meeting is now available at:
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/tmdl/mtgppt.html
“James River and Tributaries (Crewes Channel, Western Run, west Run, Wards Creek, Upper Chippokes Creek, and the James River from...
Lessons of Tennessee coal ash disaster lost in... →
July 2011
17 posts
Data Shows All of Earth's Systems in Rapid Decline →
Required Reading: "Big Chicken" Leads To Big... →
Bill Clinton says "Paint your roofs white!" →
Mayor Bloomberg Donates $50 Million To Sierra Club... →
Big Anti-Coal Announcement Coming.....
Can’t say more, but watch the news tomorrow.
Moving from anti-coal to pro-renewables……!
National Guard on Cannon Creek Greenway
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
NEWS ADVISORY - CAMERA OPPORTUNITY- NEWS CONFERENCE
Photos:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150245136990841.316552.52585440840
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaguardpao/sets/72157627112410147/
Raw video
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150317600791131
75 Citizen Soldiers carry out massive clearing of New Cannon Creek Greenway, worth $120,000:...
3D map shines light on New York solar potential →
Let’s see the Richmond 3D map!
Solar windows offer solution to brighter future →
Bringing light to the poor, one liter at a time →
Regional governors and federal environmental... →
Stratford Hills Man Films Toxic Dumpers →
Christopher Newport University's Wason Center for... →