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From YouTube: NewMakers: Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment (ACE)
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A segment from the NewsMakers program produced by Arlington Virginia Network featuring the 'Local Changes, Global Impact' Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment Annual Meeting, with keynote speaker Matthew Wasson of Appalachian Voices. ACE is a volunteer organization committed to improving the environment in order to achieve and maintain a clean and sustainable community and a partner of the Arlington County Government.
A
Welcome
to
newsmakers
on
this
edition
of
news
makers
were
at
the
Arlington
ians
for
a
clean
environment.
Annual
meeting
will
also
take
you
to
the
kepler
capitals
iceplex
at
boston.
Common
mall
for
the
march
is
including
people
with
intellectual
and
developmental
disabilities
month
proclamation
ceremony,
but
first
we'll
find
out
more
about
arlington
ians
for
a
clean
environment,
a
volunteer
organization
committed
to
improving
the
environment
in
order
to
achieve
and
maintain
a
clean
and
sustainable
communities.
A
B
Like
to
thank
the
county
for
and
our
members
for,
the
support
that
they
have
given
us
over
the
past
year
and
really
over
the
past
30
years,
that
ace
has
been
in
existence
but
also
like
to
thank
the
Hilton
for
hosting
us
here
tonight.
Today's
event,
our
annual
meeting
is
very
important
for
a
number
of
reasons.
B
One
we
do
some
organizational
administrative
activities,
such
as
elect
our
board
of
directors,
but,
more
importantly,
it's
a
chance
for
us
to
really
get
together
with
our
membership
and
talk
about
what
we've
accomplished
in
the
previous
year
and
to
preview.
Our
major
programs
for
2008
such
as
the
green
living
challenge
that
we
want
our
members
to
all
join,
but
also
to
talk
to
their
neighbors
and
their
friends
and
more
broadly
reach
the
entire
Arlington
community
to
participate
in
the
green
living
challenge.
Ace.
C
D
A
always
more
we
can
do.
It
is
a
well
attended
large
craft.
We
get
all
kinds
of
goodies,
including
my
own
biodegradable
badness.
We
can
use
repeatedly,
you
know
in
living
green,
so
this
is
very
important
for
Arlington
community
and
be
able
to
support
an
organization.
That's
helping
to
protect
the
environment.
B
C
Wanted
to
particularly
point
out
the
volunteers,
who've
reached
years
of
service
milestones,
I'm
not
going
to
have
time
to
be
able
to
read
all
their
names
tonight,
but
we
have
several
volunteers:
who've
either
served
with
ace
for
10
years
or
five
years,
and
that's
a
very
laudable
accomplishment,
so
I
just
wanted
to
thank
them
on,
and
everyone
who
volunteers
with
ace
and
there's
lots
of
exciting
opportunities.
Please
take
a
moment
to
look
in
your
program
and
all
the
upcoming
events
that
are
happening
and
to
join
us
in
volunteering.
It's
definitely
fun
and
I.
D
All
the
people
have
come
through
aids
to
help
think
of
the
four
mile
run
stream
as
I
think
you're
doing
this
weekend.
I
think
is
right,
and
so
I
didn't
want
to
have
done
that,
as
you
probably
know,
not
only
as
a
now
as
a
board
member
away
before
I
came
to
the
boards
as
an
organization
that
I've
always
enjoyed
working
with
and
working
for
as
a
volunteer.
We
are
very
committed
to
the
environment
here
in
Arlington.
For
us,
it's
not,
if
is
process,
we
are.
D
The
questions
are
how
we
continue
to
do
it
and
improve
we
might
be
small
in
size,
but
with
big
and
ideas
and
in
desire
and
wanting
to
do
our
part
to
what
we
we
would
like
that
on
the
environment,
ideally
to
to
be
and
improve
so
corresponding.
With
this
theme
of
local
challenges
and
global
impact.
You
know
we
are
certainly
committed
to
making
local
changes
happen
in
two
to
address
the
critical
issues
of
climate
change.
So
in
2008
we
continue
to
reduce
our
energy
use
and
promote
energy
efficiency
that
it's
here
to
stay
in.
D
You
know
a
part
of
our
part
of
the
effort
that
we're
doing
in
our
facilities
is
to
reduce
energy
use,
and
there
are
a
couple
of
examples
that
I
wanted
to
highlight
tonight
and
especially
because
he
has
to
do
with
installing
more
efficient
lighting
and
building
controls.
There
are
two
buildings
that
are
fairly
new,
one
which
has
not
officially
been
in.
D
Their
lights
go
off
after
a
while,
and
then
they
come
on
automatically.
If
people
come
in
there
for
sensors
and
also
that
you
know
the
kind
of
thing
it
might
not
sound
like
a
big
deal,
it
is
a
big
deal
collectively,
it
all
adds
up
and
it
helps
us
stay
on
track
for
our
emissions
reduction
or
energy
consumption
that
we
want
to
reduce.
D
So
these
are
the
specific
things
when
we
talk
about
this
big
pride,
is
it
coming
for
the
bore
and
we
argue
back
and
forth
about
late
scores,
and
what
is
the
goal
dealing
with
it?
You
know
silver
start
doing.
These
are
the
kind
of
things
that
were
specific.
That
adds
up
to
an
amounts
to
the
other
thing.
D
I
wanted
to
add
the
instead
of
you
know
we're
offering
more
seminars
and
workshops
for
to
help
residents
and
businesses
to
improve
their
environmental
practices
and
to
reduce
their
costs
and
the
amount
of
the
environmental
footprint
I
think
you
all
know
about
that
now.
I
know.
My
time
is
probably
running
short
now
so
I'll
just
mention
some
things
that
we're
doing
in
2008
about
fresh
air.
The
we
did
set
specific
goals
in
2007
to
reduce
the
county
governments,
greenhouse
gas
emissions
that
cause
climate
change.
D
We
are
certainly
want
to
lower
emissions,
three-point-three
percent
in
two
thousand
we
set
out
to
do
in
2007.
Of
course,
we
have
the
same
golf
this
year,
so
going
to
be
below
2000
levels
by
increasing
the
energy
efficiency
in
buildings
and
other
facilities
using
biodiesel
and
vehicles
increase
in
purchases
of
went
our
I
wind-powered
purchases
about
six
percent
right
now,
and
we
want
to
increase
it
to
about
eight
percent
soon
and
the
last
thing
I
mention
on
that
subject.
D
E
E
It
has
been
blown
up
and
it's
been
dumped
actually
here
in
this
valley
right
on
the
other
side,
this
imageries
from
2007
and
literally
they
are
being
blown
up
every
week
in
Appalachia,
the
equivalent
of
a
her
oshima
size
bomb
is
detonated
blowing
up
the
mountains
to
get
at
the
coal.
That's
the
imagery
from
1983.
That's
what
this
whole
that
area
looked
like
in
1983
and
on
then
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
switch
back
over
to
2007
and
that's
what
this
area
looks
like.
We
did
a
at
Appalachian
Voices
in
2007
we
or
2006.
E
We
did
a
study
and
it
indicated
474
identifiable
mountains
had
been
blown
up
in
Appalachia
and
then.
Finally,
what
you're,
seeing
there
is
just
all
of
the
hundred
and
60
some-odd
coal
plants
that
we
were
able
to
connect
to
mountaintop
removal
use
between
2002
and
2006,
so
the
future
of
energy
and
Virginia.
Then
what
we're
looking
at
right
here
is.
The
proof
is
wise,
county
town
of
st.
Paul.
This
is
the
proposed
site
for
dominions
new
coal
plant.
They
want
to
build
their.
D
This
coal
mine
proposal
in
whites
County
a
terrible.
We
pass
a
resolution
in
opposition
of
it
last
year,
but
it's
so
important
to
more
people,
know
about
it,
because
you
were
able
to
see
the
destruction
of
the
mountains
that
are
going
on
in
in
West
Virginia
in
some
parts
of
Virginia,
where
a
lot
of
them
also
are
in
areas
where
people
have
low
incomes,
very
limited
education.
D
So
you
know
they're
very
lot
of
good
people
happen
to
be
low-income,
and
not
my
education
I'm
being
taken
advantage
of
by
companies
that
only
really
want
to
get
richer.
You
know
they're
already
wealthy
millionaires,
and
they
just
want
to
squeeze
people
at
the
same
time
that
they
are
destroying
our
environment.
Is
anyone.
E
Heard
of
how
much
coal
we
have
in
this
country,
something
like
250
years
supply
right,
y'all
heard
that
at
current
production
rates,
well,
the
National
Academy
of
Sciences
says
looks
more
like
you
know,
we
can
confirm
maybe
a
hundred
years
supply
at
current
production
rates
may
be,
but
the
date
is
too
bad
to
even
really
draw
any
conclusions.
So
when
you
hear
this
250
year,
supply
of
coal
thing
garbage
hogwash,
it
means
nothing.
You
really
need
to
dig
deeper
than
that.
It's
not
about
how
much
coal
is
in
the
ground.
E
There's
plenty
of
coal
on
the
ground.
It's
what
do
you
have
to
do
to
get
it?
How
expensive?
How
destructive
is
it
to
get
it
and
the
difference
is
yes.
There
is
this
much
coal,
but
the
difference
between
this
and
this
for
our
energy
future
is
the
complete
destruct
it's
turning
south
west
virginia
into
kansas.
It's
the
complete
destruction
of
the
communities
and
an
entire
culture
and
way
of
life.
That's
the
difference
between
those
curves
and
that's
why
what
you
all
are
doing
here
is
so
incredibly
important.
A
D
This
with
the
volunteers
books
are
very
kind
of
environmentally
conscious
and
we
are
able
to
talk
about
car
free
diet,
we're
able
to
talk
about
banning
smoking
in
Arlington
all
these
important
things
that
are
good
for
gross
and
urban
environment.
We
can
still
do
our
part
to
protect
the
environment
and.