Posted by Dan on 22 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, climate change
On the 3 month anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, an explosion that ended the lives of 11 workers and irreparably damaged the livelihoods of countless others, I was at a rally held across the street from the U.S. Capitol building. We were there to say “Congress: You Have Oil [...]
Posted by Chelsea on 15 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Virginia, climate change
Cross post:
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R.) is in hot water. Make that hot bottled water. It seems the man loves bottled water so much that he’s willing to sacrifice a state low-income school breakfast program to drink it.
Here’s what happened: This week, McDonnell reversed an existing directive to phase-out state spending on bottled water. The [...]
Posted by Anne on 08 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Letters to the Editor, Virginia
The following letter to the editor, written by CCAN fellow Justin Klecha, was printed in the Culpeper Star-Exponent on June 30th. Read more about CCAN’s summer fellows in our June-July newsletter (written right before Justin began). Congrats, Justin!
One step forward, two steps back for Bay project
Justin Klecha, Fredericksburg
June 30, 2010
Culpeper, along with other municipalities across [...]
Posted by Anne on 01 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Virginia, climate change
Last night CCAN held its first annual Virginia Climate Champions Ceremony at the beautiful St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Old Town Alexandria. We were honored to present “Virginia Climate Leadership Awards” to Congressman Jim Moran; State Senator Patsy Ticer; Supervisor Andrea McGimsey, Loudoun County; Heidi Binko, Associate Director of Special Climate Initiatives at the Rockefeller [...]
Posted by Chelsea on 28 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, climate change, oil spill
On Saturday, the nation joined hands to show our leaders that we choose clean energy over dirty, dangerous and outdated energy sources. The gathering in Virginia Beach was especially important because Virginia is poised to become one of the first ‘new’ states to move forward with offshore drilling.
The Gulf Coast oil spill disaster provides [...]
Posted by lauren on 03 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Coal, Virginia, climate change
Over one hundred Virginia clergy have united to send a message to Senators Webb and Warner that climate change is moral issue and their action is required. They delivered their letters to the senators’ offices and got some great press hits. See below for Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light’s release on the letter’s delivery:
RICHMOND, [...]
Posted by Anne on 01 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Maryland, Virginia
The Greenpeace image below clearly shows that if a blowout similar to the Gulf Coast oil disaster occurred off the coast of Virginia, we’d have oil from Virginia Beach to Cape May, NJ.
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Posted by Dan on 27 May 2010 | Tagged as: Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, climate change
As the oil continues to spill into the gulf and BP attempts to cap the well with an operation known as a “top kill,” shocking details about the inner workings of the US Minerals Management Service and their relationship with the oil industry have come to light. Senator Bill Nelson (D) of Florida referred to [...]
Posted by Chelsea on 27 May 2010 | Tagged as: CCAN in the news, Federal Action, Virginia, climate change
The announcement today by President Obama that his administration canceled the lease sale for offshore drilling spots off Virginia’s coast is a big step in the right direction but it’s one battle in the larger war. Until this administration announces a permanent moratorium on offshore drilling we still need to fight. It doesn’t [...]
Posted by lauren on 25 May 2010 | Tagged as: Coal, Federal Action, Mountaintop Removal, Virginia
Mountaintop removal is devastating hundreds of square miles of Appalachia; polluting the headwaters of rivers that provide drinking water to millions of Americans; and destroying a distinctly American culture that has endured for generations.
Watch this new commercial from our friends at the http://www.ilovemountains.org and help share the dirty secret of mountaintop removal.
**commercial may not play [...]
