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Renew America:

100 percent renewable electricity

We have enormous untapped power. Here in Virginia and across America, we can harness the wind and sun to power our future and leave dirty, dangerous energy behind. We’re calling on the president-elect and Congress to repower America with 100 percent clean electricity and to cut our dependence on oil in half.

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Working Together

Environment Virginia combines independent research, practical solutions and tough-minded advocacy to win real results for our environment. As part of Environment America, we fight to protect our air, water and open spaces here in Virginia, in state capitols across the country, and in Washington, D.C. Join us!

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Blue Crab, Wild Horses and Vacation Places at Risk: Bush Administration Initiates Oil Leases off Virginia Coast 11/12/2008

“In moving to open the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to oil drilling today, the Bush administration is clinging to energy policies of the past that were soundly rejected by voters less than two weeks ago."

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Renewing America 11/11/2008

Across the country, Americans are hurting. From the big cities of the coasts to the industrial heartland to our rural communities, the slumping economy is taking its toll in shuttered businesses, disappearing jobs, bankruptcies, foreclosures and an increased sense of anxiety about our collective future.

Thelma Drake: Bad for Virginia's Water 10/21/2008

Virginia needs representatives in Congress who understand the importance of clean water to the state’s economy and our environment and will take on the polluters. Unfortunately, Rep. Thelma Drake has stood with George Bush and the polluters as they have worked to dismantle America’s protections for clean water.

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New Energy Future

Global Warming

Our Rivers, Lakes & Streams

Parks, Open Spaces & Wild Places