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National Wildlife Federation Releases Report on Chesapeake Bay
“The Chesapeake Bay and Global Warming: A Paradise lost for hunter, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts.”
View Report: Download the Report
posted: 10-24-07 |
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Piedmont Environmental Council: How Dominion and Allegheny Power Got It Wrong
The report demonstrates that the transmission line in not necessary, points out the unrealistic assumptions used by the utilities, outlines viable alternatives to transmission and provides backup for the statement that this line “is an unnecessary, risky, high-impact, sub-optimal solution.”
View Report: How Dominion and Allegheny Power Got It Wrong
posted: 9-24-07 |
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James River Association releases 2007 State of the James River Report
This report examines the health of the James River. The report examines fish and wildlife populations that are important to the health of the river, habitat, the amount of pollution that enters the James River, and the progress on the restoration and protection actions needed to reduce damaging pollution and return the James River to a healthy, diverse ecosystem.
View Report: www.jamesriverassociation.org/StateoftheJames.html
posted: 8-10-07 |
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Releases Report on Climate Change
The Chesapeake region is home to 17 million people, thousands of species, and unique cultures—from watermen to congressmen to small farmers—who live on and around the Bay. It is a national treasure, but also seriously threatened by pollution and development. Climate change adds new challenges to an ecosystem already under stress.
More Information: www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=exp_sub_state_climatechange
Posted: 8-10-07 |
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Wetlands Watch Releases Report on Sea Level Rise Impacts in Virginia
Over half of Virginia's Coastal wetlands could be inundated by rising sea levels in the next century. Wetlands Watch, a Hampton Roads based nonprofit dedicated to protecting and conserving Virginia's wetlands, cautions that this impact would destroy valuable wildlife habitat, natural filters, and cause untold economic impacts.
More Information: www.wetlandswatch.org
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Posted: 6-22-07 |
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National Wildlife Federation Releases Gardeners Guide to Global Warming
Global warming will mean that many native and iconic plants may no longer find suitable climate conditions in major portions of their historic range. Virginia could lose its state tree and flower to climate change in 80 years without significant cuts to America’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Posted: 5-11-07 |
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Senate Clean Energy Bill Creates Over Half a Million Good Jobs
A new study from the Apollo Alliance and the Economic Policy Institute shows the Clean Energy Development for a Growing Economy Act would create 530,000 good jobs for the nation. The Clean EDGE Act provides a broad framework for energy independence and development of the domestic clean energy industry, and proposes to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 40%. Jerome Ringo, president of the Apollo Alliance said the Clean EDGE Act sets a high standard and evokes the “same ‘can do’ spirit that inspired the original Apollo Program to send a man to the moon.
Posted: 5-11-07 |
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NOAA Posts Report that assesses the extent and toxicity of Sediment in the Chesapeake Bay
NOAA announced that the major portion of the Chesapeake Bay, called the "mainstem," has minimal sediment contamination but that there are localized areas of the bay showing elevated contaminant levels...NOAA shares in the widespread public concern that the ecological functions of the bay are becoming impaired and that has the potential to impact human health," says John H. Dunnigan, director of the NOAA Ocean Service.
Posted: 2-23-07 |
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Building a Cleaner James River Final Report
Newly released report from the James River Association examines the connection between building codes and runoff caused by increased impervious surface cover.
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Making Sense of the “Coal Rush”: The Consequences of Expanding America’s Dependence on Coal
Virginia sits on the forefront of the coal rush, with a new plant proposed in Wise County. This report examines the dangers to our health and economy if coal-fired plants continue to be built.
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Conservation
Gains a Vision in Virginia
Thursday
January 15th, twenty six conservation organizations
from across the Commonwealth release a strategic plan
for land conservation in Virginia called Heritage Virginia.
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Quality
of life at stake, says report on sprawl 200 acres are
developed each week in a region that lacks an overall
plan for it
Short Pump is one of two malls
to open this year in the Richmond area, which according
to reports faces development that is growing at a rate
that outstrips the rate of population growth. |
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Blueprint
for a Better Region
In October the Coalition for
Smarter Growth, the Piedmont Environmental Council and
the Surface Transportation Policy Project released their
Blueprint for a Better Region, an integrated land use
and transportation approach to regional growth and traffic
problems. |
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"Farming
on the Edge: Sprawling Development Threatens America's
Best Farmland," finds that between 1992 and 1997,
the U.S. paved over more than 6 million acres of farmland,
an area approximately equal to the size of Maryland. The
study points to increasing rates of development and Americans'
wasteful use of land rather than economic growth as the
root of the problem.
The study includes national and state maps of farmland
in the path of development as well as a ranking of the
top 20 states by acreage of prime farmland lost to development.
All the information, along with downloadable state and
national maps, can be found at http://www.farmland.org/farmingontheedge/ |
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Southern
Environmental Law Center (SELC) Releases Report on Sprawl
in Virginia
If Virginia continues to develop land
at the current rate, more land will be developed in
the next 40 years than was developed in the last 400.
This is one of the alarming trends identified in a new
report released by the Southern Environmental Law Center.
Where Are We Growing? Land Use and Transportation in
Virginia examines the trends transforming the state,
as well as some of the economic, environmental, and
health impacts of Virginia's tremendous growth. The
report also examines some of the abundant opportunities
for smarter growth, highlighting promising efforts underway
in the state to revitalize existing communities, to
develop a more balanced transportation system that provides
meaningful alternatives to driving, and to protect farmland
and open space.
The report is available at www.SouthernEnvironment.org
or by calling (434) 977-4090. |
