Please join us at the Naro Cinemas (located in the Ghent section of Norfolk)  for No Impact Man tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 28th @ 7:30. http://narocinema.com/

Join us for a special Sierra Club phone bank night on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 from 6:00-9:00pm.

We’ll socialize for a bit over some wine and cheese, then hit the phones for Joe Bouchard!

Delegate Joe Bouchard is depending on us to turn out our targeted list of voters. These are not base voters that Joe is already counting on. Instead, these are folks who may think local, non-Federal elections are not important, but have been identified from their past activities as being likely responsive to our “Environmental Majority” message supporting our Sierra Club endorsed candidate, Joe Bouchard. It’s an easy sell, believe me!

Personal contact will be critical with these voters. Without it, our environmental hero Joe Bouchard, will likely lose!

WHEN: Tues., Oct. 20, 6:00-9:00pm

WHERE: Bouchard campaign HQ, 3rd floor of the BB&T Bank building, corner of Witchduck Road

and Cleveland Street, just about ½ mile from I-264.

Please RSVP as soon as possible so that we can have lists ready for you on Tuesday evening. Also, let us know if you can bring a laptop and/or a cellphone to use.

Reply to eileen.levandoski@sierraclub.org or call me at 757-277-8537 to RSVP today!

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Yesterday, on day #46 of the devastating oil spill that continues to dump oil into Australian seas, the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter released images of that spill plotted off Virginia’s coast.*

The images were commissioned from SkyTruth who used NASA and other government generated satellite images to depict the Australian oil spill that as of September 3 has grown to almost 9,900 square miles – larger than the square mile size of Vermont. The simple overlay of the Australian spill originating at a hypothetical well in the Lease Area 220 shows an oil spill of this size reaching Virginia Beach, Virginia’s Eastern Shore and the northern Outer Banks.

Images available here:
http://hrsierraclub.org/VASkyTruth.jpg
http://hrsierraclub.org/VASkyTruth1.jpg
http://hrsierraclub.org/VASkyTruth2.jpg
http://virginia.sierraclub.org/onespill.html

“Supporters of offshore drilling have been saying there is no risk of a spill in Virginia waters with modern drilling technology. What is happening in Australia right now with a new rig built in 2007 proves that claim wrong,” added Besa. “Plotted off Virginia’s coast, the Australian oil spill should give Virginia great pause” said Glen Besa, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter Director. “All it takes is one spill to virtually shutdown Virginia’s coastal economy, both tourism and fisheries, for years. Oil is still disrupting the natural environment in Prince William Sound 20 years after the Exxon Valdez spill.”

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We welcome all members and non-members to join us on Monday as we welcome Andrew Bargy, Owner of Seven Cities Rickshaws discussing rickshaws and the environment in Hampton Roads and Susan French, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources Horticulture, Virginia Tech discussing Conservation in Belize.