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Congress.org
- Find out the names and contact information for
your federal and state representatives by zipcode
look-up.
Environment
America - www.environmentamerica.org/ - Citizen
funded advocacy .
Operation
Climate Vote Blog - Environmental Defense
Action Fund.
Vote Smart - Learn about political candidates
and their positions.
Virginia
Information
NEW COAL FIRED ELECTRIC
GENERATING PLANT PROPOSED IN SURRY COUNTY Please
voice your concern about the coal-fired electric
generating plant being proposed in Surry county.
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, based in Richmond,
is proposing to build a $6 billion dollar coal-fired
power plant on 1,600 acres in the town of Dendron
in Surry County . It would be two and a half times
the size of the coal-fired plant currently being
constructed in Wise County, VA. Data provided
for the Wise County facility reveals that it would
produce over 5 million tons of CO2/year, 12,500
tons of nitrogen oxide/year and over 3,000 tons
of sulfur dioxide/year, along with a significant
quantity of mercury - which is expected to contaminate
local ground water. The Surry plant will produce
two and a half times these amounts of pollutants
for our environment. ODEC is claiming that the
plant will use "clean coal technology" however
this technology is unproven, is by some estimates
20 years away from being operational, and is expected
to cost $100 million/year, which will be added
on to the cost of your electricity. Senator Norment
(an important member of the Labor and Commerce
Committee that votes on all utility legislation):
district03@senate.virginia.gov 757-259-7810; Delegate
Barlow: DelWBarlow@house.virginia.gov 757-357-9720;
Delegate Pogge: DelBPogge@house.virginia.gov 757-223-9690;
Senator John Miller john@senatorjohnmiller.com
804-698-7501; Delegate Phil Hamilton DelPHamilton@house.virginia.gov
804-698-1093 .
Public
Policy Virginia - A non-profit corporation
focused on changing the energy culture of Virgnia
through grass-roots communication to promote policy
change.
Richmond Sunlight - Straightforward view of
General Assembly legislators and legislation
Virginia League
of Conservation Voters - 2007 Virginia General
Assembly Conservation Scorecard
(5MB PDF)
Virginia League
of Conservation Voters - 2008 Virginia General
Assembly Conservation scorecard
is now available.
Virginia
State Board of Elections - Good and very timely
info on candidates, elections, election finance
VA Public Access
Project - Follow the money in VA politics
(candidates, donors, expenditures, etc.)
2007
Virginia Energy Plan (6MB PDF) - The governor's
plan.
Local
Cool Communities
Cool Cities, A Sierra Club
program for cities to reduce global warming:
http://coolcities.us
describes the program and which local cities have
signed the Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement:
http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/climate.
Local members: Williamsburg, Newport News, Virginia
Beach, Richmond
Cool Counties, the companion program for counties:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/coolcounties.aspx
http://coolcities.us/resources/bestPracticeGuides/CoolCounties_ImplementationGuide.pdf
Local members: James City County
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