conservation

Delaware, along with every other East coast state participated in the 4th Annual Hands Across the Sand on Saturday, May 18th.  We joined hands in solidarity with thousands of others in 18 states and 9 countries to say YES to clean energy and NO to more dirty fossil fuels and offshore drilling! Our Delaware-specific cause was offshore seismic testing.  The US Department of the Interior is currently deciding if seismic airgun testing should be allowed to search for oil and gas in the Atlantic Ocean from Delaware down to Florida.

Visit Amy's Clean Air Ambassador's webpage.

 

The issues: 

Delaware has high cancer risks.

May 8, 2013: the public hearing for the Delaware City Refinery's Marine Vapor Recovery project, also known as the rail-to-ship oil transfer project, would allow the PBF Delaware City Refinery to transfer up to 25,463,000 barrels of gasoline products and 16,425,000 barrels of crude oil per year from trains to ships for transport to the Paulsboro refinery owned by the same company.

From May 4th-8th I attended the 8th Annual Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington. The event is put on by the Alliance for Appalachia, a diverse coalition of groups fighting to end the absolutely devastating practice of MountainTop Removal coal mining. This is my "photo-blog" of the experience, which finished with a AWESOME day of action at the EPA demanding a rule on conductivity in water!!

 

From May 4th-8th I attended the 8th Annual Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington.  The event is put on by the Aliiance for Appalachia, a diverse coalition of groups fighting to end the absolutely devastating practice of MountainTop Removal coal mining, hereafter refferred to as MTR.  The Sierra Club is a member of the Alliance and I want to give an especially HUGE shout out to Appalachian Voices and their staff for dedicating a ton of time and resources to making the week a big success and also to thank the several Sierra Club Beyond Coal staff and supporters who helped out!

The Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club applauds DNREC for proceeding with regulatory changes to bring Delaware in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 revised National Ambient Air quality Standards for sulfur dioxide (SO₂) for a 1-hour average of 75 parts per billion (ppb).  These revised federal rules represent a dramatic decline in the level of SO₂, which have fallen to nearly half of the original 1-hour average of 140 ppb in the original EPA guidance in 1971.

This bill would prohibit the possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark fins in Delaware. The bill is intended to criminalize the sale or trade of shark fins in DE that are sourced from an entity engaged in a practice that is illegal in DE.

The Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club has filed to officially "intervene" in the Delmarva Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). This plan reviews how Delmarva will meet electricity needs and justify costs, and includes information on the environmental and health impact of our energy supply.