Time to win those chicken sandwiches again!
The 6th Annual Chick-Fil-A Dodgeball Tournament is set to take place on Saturday, October 30th over at the Siegel Center. As if getting the chance to play a giant game of dodgeball weren’t incentive enough, the powers-that-be are promising 10 Chick-Fil-A sandwich coupons to folks who enter the promo code “RVANEWS” when registering their team. […]
The 6th Annual Chick-Fil-A Dodgeball Tournament is set to take place on Saturday, October 30th over at the Siegel Center.
As if getting the chance to play a giant game of dodgeball weren’t incentive enough, the powers-that-be are promising 10 Chick-Fil-A sandwich coupons to folks who enter the promo code “RVANEWS” when registering their team.
Head on over and register. And don’t get hit in the face!
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There is a cost to all of this cheap chicken:
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/12976
Chicken manure contains high levels of phosphorus, nitrogen and other detrimental elements such as arsenic and various heavy metals. According to environmental groups such as Waterkeeper Alliance and Waterkeepers Chesapeake, when it rains, this chicken manure along with the harmful chemicals ends up in the Bay.
Many agree that agricultural runoff is the single largest source of pollution in the bay.
http://vasierraclub.org/2010/09/tell-governor-mcdonnell-to-support-real-clean-up-of-the-chesapeake-bay/
Where does Governor McDonnell stand on the Chesapeake Bay clean up?
Over the next several months the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Bay states, including Virginia, are obligated to come up with a plan to significantly improve the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay by 2025.
Right now we need to do everything we can to convince Governor McDonnell to support real clean up measures that are mandatory and enforceable.
Unfortunately, Governor McDonnell has been openly critical of the US EPA, with one Administration official claiming the EPA wants to make the waters of the Bay “too clean”. McDonnell says he favors voluntary measures and incentives, but that has been the approach of the last 30 years and little progress has been made.
Background and Timeline:
Between now and the end of 2010, the US EPA and the Chesapeake Bay states have pledge to come up with new regulations and actions to clean up the Bay. The regulations establish a “pollution diet” for the Bay and its rivers. Over the course of this time the EPA will set “Total Maximum Daily Loads” (TMDLs) that establish the pollution limits for the rivers and the bay for 3 pollutants: nitrogen and phosphorus (nutrients that cause algae blooms) and sediment (dirt washed into the streams).
Under the plan to clean up the bay agreed to by the EPA and the states, the states are obligated to come up with Watershed Implementation Plans with pollution control measures that will help us meet the TMDL standards. These pollution controls are made up of measures that reduce pollution from agriculture, sewage treatment plants and urban runoff.
Please contact Mary Rafferty at mary.rafferty@sierraclub.org or (804) 225-9113 Ext. 105 to find out how you can get involved.