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Re-Power Virginia  The Chesapeake Climate Action Network is one of the leading groups working to promote energy efficiency and clean energy in Virginia. Energy efficiency is the cleanest, least expensive and quickest way for Virginia to meet its growing energy demands. Virginia also has some of the highest offshore wind potential on the East Coast. By reducing our energy use by using energy more efficiently, and meeting our energy demands more and more with clean energy like wind and solar, we can avoid the need to build costly and dirty new generation like the Wise County coal plant or the recently proposed $6 billion coal plant in Hampton Roads.
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A Common Person's Guide to the Federal Climate Bill
 On May 21st, following months of work, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACESA), a 932-page piece of climate legislation. There have been mixed reactions from groups, but most are in agreement that it needs to be strengthened. Below is a summary analysis of the main features of the bill. MORE >
Stop the Massive $6bil coal plant in Hampton Roads
 Right now, a Virginia utility is considering building a massive new coal plant in Hampton Roads. At a time when Virginia - and the nation - must move towards a clean energy future, this $6 billion coal plant is a giant step in the wrong direction. MORE >
Cap and Dividend
 This year -- 2009 -- is the critical year for our climate. In order to avoid the worst consequences of global warming, we need to take action now. The first step is to cap our emissions of carbon dioxide. MORE >
15 Arrested Outside Boucher's Office
 Fifteen concerned citizens were arrested today for peacefully blocking the entrance to Va. Congressman Rick Boucher's office protesting his efforts to gut strong climate legislation at the expense of American families. Boucher has driven efforts in Congress to give away billions of dollars worth of free permits directly to polluters under a cap and trade bill. MORE >
CCAN Blog: What's New
EPA Releases locations of 44 “high risk” coal ash impoundment sites.
Yesterday the EPA performed a turn-around on its protection of the locations of 44 “high risk” coal ash impoundment sites, signaling a desire to make the regulatory body more transparent.
Formerly protected under the auspices of national security, the ash impoundments, located in Ohio, Arizona, and throughout the southeast, have been determined to be particularly vulnerable [...] MORE >
We Need More
Video by Jay!
On Friday the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed 219-212 in an historic vote, but key features of the bill fall far short of what scientists say is urgently needed. The Senate, with President Obama’s leadership, must work to greatly improve the bill.
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Dominion announces lunar energy plan
RICHMOND, VA
26 June 2012
At a press conference earlier today, Dominion unveiled new plans for how the controversial firm may move forward into a cleaner energy future for the planet: harvesting power from the moon. The plan, entitled “Total Dominion,” hopes to revolutionize how Virginians, and the world, will receive energy for years to come.
Dominion hopes [...] MORE >
Urge Obama to end Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining!
Below is an email I received from Matt Wasson from http://www.ilovemountains.org
The pressure on the Obama administration to stop mountaintop removal coal mining is building across the country.
Last week, we asked you to call the White House and tell the administration that it was time to reverse the devastating 2002 Bush Administration “fill rule,” which allows [...] MORE >
Guest Post: Boucher Disappoints
The following is an article written by CCAN supporter and Boucher constituent Theresa Burriss. The piece first appeared in the New River Voice.
After watching Congressman Rick Boucher gut the clean energy bill in the Energy and Commerce Committee, Theresa felt compelled to act. After reading an article a couple weeks later written by the heads [...] MORE >
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