Highlights from the Latest Issues of
The Potomac River Group Newsletter:
The Potomac River Group Quarterly Newsletter—February 2024
The Potomac River Group Quarterly Newsletter—October 2023
The Potomac River Group Quarterly Newsletter—July 2023
Fall 2021
- Climate Change and Energy Planning in Falls Church
- National Drive Electric Week
- Moving Away from Single-Use Plastic Bags
- Redevelopment of the Power Plant Site in Alexandria
Summer 2021
- Call for Potomac River Group Executive Committee Candidates
- Redevelopment and Energy Updates from Alexandria
- Potomac River Group Letter to Arlington County Board regarding FY22 Budget
- John Bloom's Testimony on Arlington’s Capital Improvement Plan
- Electric Vehicles and a "Whole-of-Government" Approach for Arlington
Spring 2021
- Recycling Works!
- A New Green Building Incentive for Arlington
- Redevelopment of Landmark Mall
- Potomac River Group Comments on Arlington's Community Energy Plan Implementation Framework
Winter 2020
- Changes Coming for the Mount Vernon Group
- Environmental Wins in Alexandria—and the Push for More
- Sierra Club-Mount Vernon Group letter to Mayor Wilson: Concerns about proposed Taylor Run stream restoration
- Sierra Club-Mount Vernon Group letter to Fairfax County Board with Additional Comments regarding proposed "Fairfax Peak" ski slope complex
Summer 2020
- Supporting Alexandria’s Environmental Action Plan
- Energy Progress in the General Assembly
- Virtual Workshops, Webinars, and Classes
- Sierra Club-Mount Vernon Group Statement on the Proposed Policy Plan Amendment 2018-CW-2CP to apply natural landscaping to Fairfax County projects
- Sierra Club-Mount Vernon Group letter to the Inova Health System
- Sierra Club-Mount Vernon Group letter regarding proposed "Fairfax Peak" ski slope complex
Winter 2019
- Amazon Updates
- Arlington Sets Even More Ambitious Clean Energy Goals
- Sierra Club Endorses Winners in Local Elections
- Your Vote Needed: Mount Vernon Group Elections
- Fighting Climate Change One Home at a Time
- Notes from the Chair
Fall 2019
- Call for Executive Committee Candidates
- Biophilia in the DMV
- Clean Energy in Arlington: Community Energy Plan Update
- Planting Hope in Arlington
Summer 2019
- Sierra Club Endorses McKay and Walkinshaw in the Fairfax County Democratic Primary
- Arlington’s Commercial Green Building Incentives
- Citizen Input Needed Now for Arlington County’s Update to the Community Energy Plan
Spring 2019
Winter 2019
- Arlington Public Schools Ink Solar PPA Contract
- Sierra Club Opposes Development in Dogue Creek Floodplain
- Arlington’s General Assembly Ask
- MVG Executive Committee Elections--Please Vote!
Fall 2018
- Sierra Club Remains Neutral in 2018 Arlington County Board Election
- E-bikes: An exciting alternative
- EcoAction Arlington: Celebrating 40 Years of Environmental Stewardship in Arlington
- Meatless Monday: Almond milk and other surprises
- Join the PlasticFreeDMV Challenge!
- Reasoned Response to Recycling in the News
Spring 2018
- AIRE Under Threat
- Bikeshares: To Dock, or Not To Dock?
- General Assembly 2018: Some Good News for Arlington
- Green Building in Arlington
- New Mount Vernon Group Leadership
- Pesticides, Fertilizer, and Methane: Three More Reasons to Go Meatless
- A Pesticide to Prohibit
- Waste Treatment Upgrade in Arlington
Winter 2017
- Alexandria Updates its Environmental Action Plan
- More Solar in Store for Arlington’s Public Schools
- Arlington’s Energy Lending Library: Creating a Climate for Change
- Your Vote Needed: Mount Vernon Group Elections in January
- Volunteering—Now More Than Ever
- Flavor-packed Veggie Burritos
Fall 2017
- Energy Activism in Arlington and Alexandria
- Notes from the Chair: Local Progress, and Work Ahead
- Tasty Timbales
Summer 2017
Spring 2017
- Restricting Roundup
- Alexandria’s Poop Problem: Promise of Progress
- Arlington to Replace Energy Champion Jay Fisette on County Board
- Meatless Monday: Meet Esther, the Wonder Pig
- NOVA Natives, Naturally Beautiful
Winter 2016
Fall 2016
- Free Energy Test for New Houses
- Meatless Mondays: Getting Giddy at the Farmers Market
- Four Mile Construction Beginning Soon
- Localities Looking to Lead on Renewable Energy
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose
- Alexandria's Poop Problem: An Update
- Healthy Diet, Healthy Planet
Spring 2016
- Meatless Monday: Spring Vegetable Paella
- Additional Eastbound Lane Coming to I-66 Inside the Beltway
- I-395 and Columbia Pike Transportation Updates
- Getting (Close) to Zero
- April 2: A Day of Climate Action!
Winter 2015
- MVG Elections
- Arlington's Steps Toward Sustainability
- The Area's First--and Only--Net Zero School Building
- Soup's On! A "Meatless Monday" recipe
- Speaking of Climate Change...
Fall 2015
- Meatless Monday Recipe for Marinated Tofu, Bok Choy and Peppers with Quinoa
- Transportation Updates for I-66 and Route 7
- Update on the City of Alexandria's Environmental Indicators and Progress
- Call for "Energy Master" Volunteers in Arlington
- Cutting Carbon in Arlington
- Steps Toward a Metro Station at Potomac Yard
- Meatless Mondays - Join the Challenge!
- 10% Electric Bike discount for Sierra Club Members!
- Do the Light Switch!
- Know your Poison Ivy!
- The Environment and Arlington's FY16 Budget
- Springing for Solar in Falls Church!
- Changes Coming for I-66
- General Assembly 2015: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
- How Many Siblings Does It Take To Change a Lightbulb?
- Streetcar Scuttled--and Other Transportation Updates
- Get Out the Vote! (ExCom election)
- How Does the Magic Happen?
- The Future of Rail in Potomac Yard
- Paying for Arlington's Streetcars
- Local Energy Efficiency Program
- Calling All Candidates!
- Battle Lines in Lorton
- Meet Ishmael -- our newest organizer
- When in France....
- Support the EPA's Clean Power Plan!
- Tap In! - ending our love affair with single-use plastic water bottles
- Why We (Still) Love the Streetcar
- Other Things We Care About in 2014
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - the 2014 General Assembly session
- The 411 on Sierra Club Endorsements
- Your Vote Counts! - Elections for the MVG ExCom
- The EPA and Power Plants
- Have You Taken the Energy Journey?
- We're Getting There! - 2013's Transportation Developments
- To Mine or Not to Mine?
- Building a Green Home? Ask the Experts!
- Infectious Diseases: Turning Up the Heat
- Mount Vernon Group Executive Committee Election: Call for Candidates
- Stormy Weather - Local Governments Taking a Second Look at Stormwater
- Kudos for a Clean Energy Crusader
- At George Mason University, Sustainability's Central
- Running on Faith -- And Solar
- Why We Still Support the Columbia Pike Streetcar
- Reporting from Richmond...
- Advair or Allegra, Anyone?
- Wednesday Activists Are Off to a Busy Start in 2013
- Leaping Into Home Improvement, Part Two
- Easy Greening: The Energy Journey
- Arlington National Cemetery's Old Growth Forest
- Hey, Did We See You There?
- Your Vote Counts! - Excom elections
- Easy Greening: Local or Organic?
- Do You Know the Truth Squad?
- Notes From the Chair: Leaping Into Home Improvement
- Recommended Reading: Power for the People
- Metro D.C. Tour of Solar Homes & Buildings
- The Five Megawatt (Solar) Question
- Notes From the Chair: A Deep Dive into the Club's Alexandria Endorsements
- Easy Greening: Local or Organic?
- Children and Climate Change
- It's Not Easy Being Green
- Volunteers Needed in Arlington: Energy Efficiency Improvements for Low-Income Housing
- Alexandria City Council Endorsements
- More Lanes and Tolls for I-66?
- The Most Important Thing You Can Do This Summer...
- Lorton's Green Energy Future
- Pushing Ahead: Dominion's 15-Year Plan
- Pushing Ahead, Part Two: Dominion and the Truth Squad
- Streetcars on Columbia Pike: It's Time!
- Easy Greening: Meatless Mondays
- Your Sneakers' Second Life in a Landfill
- Notes from the Chair: Get Out of Here! (Way Out of Here.)
- Clean Energy for the Commonwealth
- Easy Greening: The Payoff of Speaking Truth to Power
- Notes from the Chair: Global Warming, Local Activism
- Help Get Solar Panels Back on the White House!
- Mount Vernon Group Executive Committee Election
- Renewable Energy Rally in Richmond
- Easy Greening: Great Gift Ideas
- Clean Energy: Victory Close to Home!
- Attack of the 18-Foot Inhaler
- Easy Greening: Recycling Throwdown!
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