Mark Your Calendar For: Activist Nights: Every Wednesday in Alexandria Cafe Cattail Coffeehouse: Friday, June 15 at Huntley Meadows Park Alexandria's Energy Saver Loan & Energy Star Program: Saturday, June 16 at City Hall Canoeing the Marsh: Sunday, June 17 at Pohick Bay Regional Park ACE's Summer Solstice Social: Thursday, June 21 at Barcroft Park Explore the Night: Friday, June 22 at Meadowlark Botanical Garden Birding for Beginners: Sunday, July 8 at Huntley Meadows Park |
Mount Vernon Sierran -- Summer 2012
In this issue:
[Editor's note: this is a revised version of the Summer 2012 newsletter. The article on Planet Aid has been cut from this revised version while the article's author follows up on some feedback about the organization's business practices.]
Alexandria City Council Endorsements
The Sierra Club is endorsing six candidates in the June 12 Democratic Primary: Donna Fossum, Sean Holihan, Tim Lovain, Del Pepper, Paul Smedberg and Justin Wilson. What drove the endorsements? Read More
More Lanes and Tolls for I-66?
Later this month, VDOT is expected to publish its plans for state-owned roads inside the Beltway, including I-66. Learn what's in store and what it might cost, environmentally and financially. Read More
The Most Important Thing You Can Do This Summer...
...And we're not talking about baking a prize-winning peach pie. Join millions of others calling on the EPA to regulate carbon pollution! Read More
Lorton's Green Energy Future
An innovative public-private partnership may make Fairfax County a leader in municipal green energy production. Read More
Renewable Energy Running Out of Gas in Virginia?
The good news: Lorton. (See above.) The bad news: the defeat of several important renewable energy initiatives in this year's General Assembly session. Read More
Pushing Ahead: Dominion's 15-Year Plan
Undaunted, Sierrans and their partners rally in Richmond to demand more serious clean energy investment as part of Dominion's 15-year Integrated Resource Plan. Read More
Pushing Ahead, Part Two: Dominion and the Truth Squad
The pen is mightier than the sword--and here's how you can demonstrate this principle as part of the Sierra Club's "Truth Squad." Read More
Streetcars on Columbia Pike: It's Time!
Why does the Sierra Club think that streetcars are the right solution for Columbia Pike, and why should it happen now? Read More
Easy Greening: Meatless Mondays
How will we feed 9 billion people by the middle of this century? Maybe it starts by going meatless on Mondays. Read More
Notes from the Chair: Get Out of Here! (Way Out of Here.)
Local leader Dean Amel shares highlights from his springtime sojourn on the Sierra Club-sponsored Machu Picchu Eco-Lodge Trek. Read More
The Mount Vernon Sierran is published quarterly by the Mount Vernon Group of the Sierra Club's Virginia Chapter. Content contained in the newsletter expresses the opinions of the authors and does not necessarily reflect any official Group position or campaign. Questions or comments? Email Mary Kadera, the newsletter editor, at Mount.Vernon.Group@sierraclub.org.
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