December 2011
4 posts
Wind Energy Setback →
Dec 27th
RVA Environmental Film Festival coming to the Byrd... →
Dec 17th
Upscale Bay Area home made from salvaged car roofs... →
Dec 17th
from TD: UPDATE: James River's health declining,... →
Dec 3rd
November 2011
5 posts
Plastics PSA Pulled From American Idol Due to... →
Nov 27th
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.
Nov 25th
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...
Nov 22nd
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.
Nov 15th
Seattle Considers Banning The Bag (What about... →
Nov 15th
October 2011
5 posts
VCU Composts! →
Oct 25th
Who Are You Voting For? →
Oct 16th
Oct 14th
NYT: With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate... →
Oct 8th
What's the Best Way to Turn a Parking Lot into a... →
Oct 4th
September 2011
13 posts
"STOP DRILLING & TIMBERING in the GEORGE... →
Sep 27th
Today Is World Rivers Day →
Sep 25th
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...
Sep 25th
WSJ: Coal Industry Backs Boehner →
Sep 24th
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...
Sep 18th
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...
Sep 13th
Sep 13th
Hurricane Irene and Its Impact on Wind Farms  →
Sep 10th
Floods releasing pollution into Chesapeake Bay →
Sep 10th
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...
Sep 10th
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...
Sep 8th
East Coast quake rekindles nuclear plant safety... →
Sep 2nd
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...
Sep 1st
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August 2011
9 posts
Chesapeake Bay Climate Change Map →
Aug 29th
Latest SCFOJ Newsletter (PDF link) →
Aug 20th
TD: Solar firm moves from incubator to Richmond →
Aug 18th
Aug 17th
Britain’s Rarest Spider Released Back Into Wild →
Aug 17th
Scientists try to restore Atlantic water meadows →
Aug 14th
Raising Awareness of Plastic Waste →
Aug 14th
*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...
Aug 11th
*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...
Aug 11th
Lessons of Tennessee coal ash disaster lost in... →
Aug 1st
July 2011
17 posts
Data Shows All of Earth's Systems in Rapid Decline →
Jul 30th
Required Reading: "Big Chicken" Leads To Big... →
Jul 28th
Bill Clinton says "Paint your roofs white!" →
Jul 24th
Mayor Bloomberg Donates $50 Million To Sierra Club... →
Jul 23rd
Jul 23rd
Big Anti-Coal Announcement Coming.....
Can’t say more, but watch the news tomorrow.  Moving from anti-coal to pro-renewables……!
Jul 21st
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:...
Jul 21st
3D map shines light on New York solar potential →
Let’s see the Richmond 3D map!
Jul 18th
Solar windows offer solution to brighter future →
Jul 18th
Bringing light to the poor, one liter at a time →
Jul 18th
Regional governors and federal environmental... →
Jul 11th
Stratford Hills Man Films Toxic Dumpers →
Jul 8th
Christopher Newport University's Wason Center for... →
Jul 7th