Hello, friends, Lea Lupkin here from Roanoke College to tell you about an amazing opportunity. A coalition of groups, including Sierra club, have launched the...
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Sherman Bamford
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Oct 2, 2007 7:26 pm
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PLEASE SUBMIT COMMENTS TO VDOT BY OCTOBER 29 Please submit comments to Virginia Deparment of Transportation (VDOT) by October 29 in support of strong new...
Good news from Roanoke County, which many of you may have already seen. On August 14, 2007, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution to...
Diana Christopulos
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Oct 11, 2007 4:18 pm
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... October 29 in support of strong new access management standards for the Commonwealth of Virginia. While in agreement that the standards provide necessary...
As holiday season and its multitude of catalogs approaches, Jeremy Holmes offers a way to reduce the amount of paper that ends of up your mailbox: Not sure if...
Diana Christopulos
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Oct 25, 2007 2:59 pm
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This coming Friday and Saturday (November 2-3) is the 8th Annual AECP Green Living and Energy Expo. This year's event will be bigger and better than ever with...
GUEST SPEAKERS: David Cooper, Lexington, KY and Hannah Morgan, Wise County, VA The Mountaintop Removal Road Show is a stunning slide show featuring traditional...
Friends and neighbors, With fall coming and the relief of cooler weather, Pathfinders for Greenways and the Greater Raleigh Court Civic League are planning a...
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Oct 31, 2007 2:21 pm
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Contact Group Chair Mark McClain 387-0930 - mcclainmark@... The Executive Committee of the Roanoke Group has voted unanimously to support removal of...
We have a chance to change the face of the Virginia state legislature and the tone of local county boards of supervisors tomorrow. The Sierra Club endorsed the...
Diana Christopulos
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Nov 5, 2007 4:06 pm
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Dear Neighbors: The Sierra Club has had great success in enforcing the laws to protect the beauty or our land, from the outside. Yet Sierra's pattern of...
Thanks to all who offered to help get our free CFLs from Richmond! We were able to get them transported to Salem last night and will be giving many of them...
In case you have not seen today's Roanoke Times, Gregg Lewis has an outstanding op ed piece, "Conservation is the best way forward." It summarizes the case...
... Sherman Bamford Public Lands Coordinator Virginia Forest Watch (VAFW) PO Box 3102 Roanoke, Va. 24015-1102 (540) 343-6359 bamford2@... ...
Sherman Bamford
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Nov 15, 2007 10:31 pm
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Re my last message. Readers should look carefully at the website http://www.virtualblueridge.com/news-and-events/news-253.asp or go to the meeting, which...
Sherman Bamford
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... From: VAFW To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:12 PM Subject: Job Posting: Please Forward Virginia Forest Watch Project...
Ed, Good questions. There was a great article a couple of months ago in Sierra magazine addressing these issues, and I just heard a similar report on NPR as...
The final 2007 report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is now available in draft form. It summarizes hundreds of...
Page 9 of today's Roanoke Times (first section) has a half-page ad from Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards (SAMS) - some of the same people who did our...
There is a great new resource on iLoveMountains.org called "What's Your Connection to Mountaintop Removal?" It uses Google Earth to literally see if your power...
Good news from Richmond. The state will give us another 500 CFLs to distribute if we can pick them up on a weekday between 9 and 5 at the Mines, Minerals and...
I would urge everyone to take just a few moments to express your opposition to the new coal-fired power plant in Wise County. Instead of polluting Roanoke...
For more info contact David Harrison at dgh@... SAVE THE DATE Bicycle Friendly Community Workshop Presented by Andy Clarke, Executive Director, League of...
Sierra Club leaders, including Virginia staffer Glen Besa, received headline coverage at the ongoing Bali climate meetings this week. Glen and others made a...
I am forwarding this to you to help make the impact of coal and MTR local to all of us- it's a great website Annie Andrea B. Krochalis, MA,CAGS The Paw And...
EARTH FRIENDLY FRIDAY for December will be all about enjoying good food, music, scenes of wild America, door prizes, and socializing. Date: December 14, 2007....
Hello, all, This is a link to a New York Times article on the pollution problems caused by China's huge trucking industry since trucks carry nearly all their...
If you have not yet commented on the proposed new coal-fired plant in Wise County (another mouontaintop removal project) please do! The deadline is this...
