Cascade April 2025

Our call to action: We must be the activists we’ve been waiting for
By Ariya Le

Photo credit: Yehesuah Downie
End the Era of Fossil Fuels, Earth Day 2023 DC March

One of the ironies of climate change: young people did not create this crisis, but we have the most at stake. And it will take everyone to reverse the course of global warming, starting now.

While the climate movement has made strides forward in increasing societal awareness, the true sign of progress —or lack of it— is the Keeling Curve, the graph showing the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere from thousands of years ago to today.

The CO2 readings have only continued to shoot up exponentially since the Second Industrial Revolution, which kickstarted the rapid burning of fossil fuels for energy.

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It's time for Dominion to stop clear-cutting the W&OD Trail
By Douglas Stewart, Sierra Club Great Falls Group Transportation Chair and Susan Bonney, Sierra Club Great Falls Group Chair

Dominion Energy recently cut down a four-mile swath of thousands of trees along the Washington and Old Dominion Trail in Fairfax County, from Vienna to Dunn Loring.

The Sierra Club Great Falls Group and 10 other environmental organizations wrote this letter to Dominion to ask them to re-evaluate its plans for tree cutting on the W&OD Trail in order to minimize tree loss and take a more thoughtful approach.

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A woman runs along the Washington and Old Dominion Trail past cleared brush and trees on March 21. (Caroline Gutman/For The Washington Post).

You can help stop more tree cutting! Email Dominion Energy President Edward Baine and contact your state Delegate and Senator with your concerns. Ed.Baine@dominionenergy.com

Find your state legislators and their contact information here: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/membersAndSession.php?secid=1&activesec=0#!hb=1&mainContentTabs=0

Your advocacy can help save the trees on the WO&D Trail.

Volunteering is good for the environment!

We have new opportunities for volunteers in the Sierra Club Great Falls Group. See nine ideas here to find some that are a fit for you. Local volunteering
for the environment helps you and your community by:

Cutting down on emissions by traveling close to home
Giving you a sense of belonging in your own community
Opening you socially to more people in your area
Supporting local projects and people
Teaching you more about your community and other ways to help
The personal connections you can gain from volunteering locally can open you up to a wide range of advantages.

Not only will you make new friends but you’ll also be able to develop relationships in the long-term for as long as you live in the area. You learn more about what’s going on in your area, like events, groups and clubs, and more.

See the opportunities

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Sierra Club Outings

The MeetUp group for Sierra Club Potomac Region Outings (SCPRO) is a special activities section of the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter. The group organizes hikes and other events in Virginia, DC and Maryland. No Sierra Club membership is necessary to participate. SCPRO welcomes all people on a variety of outdoor adventures, nature walks, conservation outings, and exploration of our natural and regional history. Join SCPRO MeetUp here

Ivy Main, Renewable Energy Chair for Sierra Club's Virginia Chapter

Power for the People Virginia

Recent posts from Ivy Main's blog on energy-related matters in Virginia.

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