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! Please share!
Funeral for the Mountains: Stop Mountaintop Removal Rally
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!
Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing
Location: Outside the Richmond Convention Center 5th and Marshall Sts.
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 your own. And hear the energy policy speech the Governor should have given by our stand in for the Governor!
Location: Outside the Richmond Convention Center, 5th and Marshall
Virginia Rising
WHEN: Wednesday November 16th, 12:00 PM
WHERE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C
On November 16, we will 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 people to the doorstep of the U.S. EPA. The EPA’s authority is all that stands in the way of blasting on Ison Rock Ridge but the agency has indicated that it is considering allowing the permit to move forward! Please join us!
For more details and to RSVP, please visit: http://vasierraclub.org/TelltheGovernor
Contact: Glen Besa glen.besa@sierraclub.org 804-225-9113 x 104
Glen Besa, DirectorSierra Club-Virginia Chapter
422 E. Franklin St, Suite 302
Richmond, VA 23219
glen.besa@sierraclub.org
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