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P.O. Box 5531
Charlottesville, VA 22905
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• Save McIntire Park! - read the Donor Request Letter [11-Apr-09]
• March 2009 newsletter posted [28-Feb-09]
• Piedmont Group Environmental Agenda for 2009 [26-Feb-09]
• Virginia Energy Efficiency Report describing Virginia's energy strategy through 2025 [30-Oct-08]
• Petition on Dredging of the Rivanna Reservoir [28-Sep-08]
• Sierra Club 2009 calendars - Engagement calendars are $13.95 and Wilderness wall calendars are $12.95. When calendars are purchased directly from the Piedmont Group, the profit stays with the Group for its local activities. To obtain your calendar, email Audrey at . [28-Sep-08]
• Annual Piedmont Group meeting schedule posted on Meetings & Events page [06-Sep-08]
• Virginia DEQ Air Quality Information is now available for Albemarle County [21-Jul-08]
• Rivanna Reservoir Dredging - Piedmont Group letter to Albemarle Board of Supervisors [20-Apr-08]
• Statement by the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors regarding Albemarle County 2008 Budget Priorities - Presented 20-Feb-08 [01-Mar-08]
  
• Citizens Energy Plan for Virginia - Released by the Sierra Club, this is a new vision to help Virginia cut our global warming pollution while creating jobs and building a new energy economy based on conservation, efficiency and clean renewable energy. Download the PDF. [21-Dec-07]
  
• Sierra Club Letter to Albemarle County Board of Supervisors regarding Rural Areas Support Position Budget Proposal [06-May-07]
• Recycling in Charlottesville & Albemarle County [01-Apr-07]
  This is a list of items you can recycle and contact organizations in Charlottesville and Albemarle county in central Virginia. Compiled by Elaine Krause. (MS Word document)
• Virginia Energy Savers Handbook [01-Oct-06]
• Our Statement Regarding ASAP's Proposal for Identification of a Sustainable Optimum Population Size for Albemarle County and Charlottesville [22-Sep-06]
• News item! Charlottesville becomes a "Cool City" [06-Aug--06]
• Environmental Priorities for Commonwealth of Virginia
  The natural heritage of Virginia is in peril. More than 900 species of our native animals
  are declining in numbers as a result of habitat destruction and the increasing pollution of air and water resources. Decisive steps to save our commonwealth are needed, but Virginia ranks last in the nation in expenditures for environmental protection. Recently. a group of about ninety citizens, representing seventeen organizations, met at the University of Virginia to discuss problems and solutions. We recommend the following environmental priorities (PDF document) to our governor, legislature, and the people of Virginia.
  
• Offshore Drilling April 7, 2006: Thank you to everyone who emailed, faxed, called, wrote the Governor and your legislators - this is a victory for all of us, and for our friends and neighbors along our coasts!
  
• Fight the Bush Administration's plan to gut the Toxics Release Inventory
  
• Britain Criticizes U.S. Climate Record - In another jab at its closest ally, Britain criticized U.S. environmental policy again on Thursday (2/18/05), urging the Bush administration to place climate change high on its agenda.
  
• North Anna - Follow our progress to prevent the authorization of the North Anna Early Site Permit
  
• Protect Virginia's public water supplies and wetlands from landfills: oppose House Bill 2192 when it comes before the State Senate
  
• Nutrient Trading Bill does not answer the needs of Chesapeake Bay Protection