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		<title>In relevant Wise Energy for Virginia news&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercury protections needed in Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch, OpED, Donald McEachin
This OpEd focuses on mercury pollution in VA waterways sourced from coal-fired power plants and the need for federal mercury regulations.  EPA should be coming out with a finalized mercury rule at the end of this week.
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Dominion plans 56 mile transmission line for Peninsula
Dailypress
Dominion is planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rally for Renewables - Richmond, VA</title>
		<link>http://wiseenergyforvirginia.org/2011/12/rally-for-renewables-richmond-va/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday November 30th, 50 citizens rallied in front of Dominion Headquarters in Richmond to call on the company to reduce coal-fired electricity generation and to include more investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency in their Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Dominion’s IRP is now before the State Corporation Commission (SCC), which accepted public comments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Wham-Bam Double Win for Hampton Roads Locals Fighting Largest Proposed Coal Plant in Va</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been an exciting week for those of us at the Wise Energy Coalition and for the citizens of Hampton Roads who have been fighting what would be the largest coal-fired power plant in Virginia for just shy of three years. Months of pressure from Isle of Wight County citizens paid off as their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Momentum Builds in Opposition to ODEC Coal Plant  Back-to-Back Victories for Local Residents in Hampton Roads</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE                         www.WiseEnergyForVirginia.org
November 21, 2011
Momentum Builds in Opposition to ODEC Coal Plant Back-to-Back Victories for Local Residents in Hampton Roads
Contact:
Whitney Byrd, WEFV Coalition Coordinator
703-928-5688
Momentum against Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s plans for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isle of Wight County Votes to Oppose ODEC Coal Power Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
County is latest to cite health and economic concerns as reasons to oppose
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Contact: Mike McCoy, Appalachian Voices
434-299-8550
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On Thursday, the Isle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isle of Wight County Officially Opposes Coal Plant</title>
		<link>http://wiseenergyforvirginia.org/2011/11/isle-of-wight-county-officially-opposes-coal-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isle of Wight County, located in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, adopted an official resolution of opposition to what would be the largest coal-fired power plant in Virginia, if permitted. Click here for the Wise Energy Press release.
Isle of Wight County is downwind of and direct neighbors to the would be host Surry County. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia is Rising: Take Action!</title>
		<link>http://wiseenergyforvirginia.org/2011/11/virginia-is-rising-take-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Virginians who live at the base of Ison Rock  Ridge, a mountain threatened by a pending mountaintop removal permit,  are participating in Virginia Rising: The Rally to Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing. They are rallying at the headquarters of the EPA today at noon and are joined by their friends who live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Rises in Less Than Two Weeks</title>
		<link>http://wiseenergyforvirginia.org/2011/11/virginia-rises-in-less-than-two-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us in less than two weeks, on Wednesday, November 16th in Washington, DC as we rally to keep a mountain in Virginia from being toppled, and communities from being destroyed by Big Coal.
Click here to RSVP!
The Environmental Protection Agency is considering allowing a mountaintop removal permit for Ison Rock Ridge to go forward. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Governor&#8217;s Fossil Fuel Conference</title>
		<link>http://wiseenergyforvirginia.org/2011/11/the-governors-fossil-fuel-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://wiseenergyforvirginia.org/2011/11/the-governors-fossil-fuel-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, Governor McDonnell hosted an Energy Conference in Richmond. In anticipation of the conference, the Sierra Club and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network criticized the Governor for the lack of emphasis on renewable energy and energy efficiency in the agenda.  The Governor responded by claiming that the conference agenda was &#8220;balanced&#8221; and included [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In relevant Wise Energy for VA news&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://wiseenergyforvirginia.org/2011/11/in-relevant-wise-energy-for-va-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuccinelli, EPA to square off over coal plant rules
E2 - The Hill&#8217;s Energy and Environment blog
Today, the Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will be a witness to a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  The hearing is called &#8220;Lights Out II: Another Look at EPA&#8217;s Utility MACT Rule.&#8221;
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Batteries on a wind farm help control [...]]]></description>
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