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		<title>Welcome to our New Leaders</title>
		<link>http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/welcome-to-our-new-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My time as President of the Greater Roanoke Valley Asthma and Air Quality Coalition has come to an end.  Our President Elect, Carol Huffman of CHIP, has now taken over as President.  Welcome, Carol! Dr. George Street of the Jefferson College of &#8230; <a href="http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/welcome-to-our-new-leaders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=breatheroanoke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12542372&amp;post=203&amp;subd=breatheroanoke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get Involved with Asthma Camp</title>
		<link>http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/get-involved-with-asthma-camp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camp Catch UR Breath is a camp for children 6-12 years of age with asthma. It will be held July 13-15, 2011 from 8 AM &#8211; 4 PM at North Cross School in Roanoke. The purpose of the camp is &#8230; <a href="http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/get-involved-with-asthma-camp/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=breatheroanoke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12542372&amp;post=200&amp;subd=breatheroanoke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Closing the CASE on Asthma Event, May 4th, 2011</title>
		<link>http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/closing-the-case-on-asthma-event-may-4th-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May is National Asthma Awareness Month and May 3rd has been declared WORLD ASTHMA DAY.  The Greater Roanoke Valley Asthma and Air Quality Coalition will be sponsoring a FREE community health education seminar entitled:  CLOSE THE CASE ON ASTHMA.   Leading &#8230; <a href="http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/closing-the-case-on-asthma-event-may-4th-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=breatheroanoke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12542372&amp;post=197&amp;subd=breatheroanoke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to Resume Ozone Air Quality Forecasts via E-mail on Thursday, April 14th</title>
		<link>http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/virginia-department-of-environmental-quality-to-resume-ozone-air-quality-forecasts-via-e-mail-on-thursday-april-14th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will resume ground-level ozone air quality forecasts in addition to the currently-issued particle pollution forecasts via e-mail on Thursday, April 14th. Air quality forecasts will be issued for Roanoke, Hampton Roads, Winchester and &#8230; <a href="http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/virginia-department-of-environmental-quality-to-resume-ozone-air-quality-forecasts-via-e-mail-on-thursday-april-14th/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=breatheroanoke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12542372&amp;post=193&amp;subd=breatheroanoke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review of the Roanoke County Planning Commission Wind Ordinance Hearing</title>
		<link>http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/review-of-the-roanoke-county-planning-commission-wind-ordinance-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>breatheroanoke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended the Roanoke County Planning Commission&#8217;s hearing on zoning amendments to allow large and industrial wind turbines this past Tuesday night.  As you may have read in The Roanoke Times, the amendments were tabled for further review. Overall, I &#8230; <a href="http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/review-of-the-roanoke-county-planning-commission-wind-ordinance-hearing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=breatheroanoke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12542372&amp;post=191&amp;subd=breatheroanoke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Lung Association Reports on Coal Fired Power Plants</title>
		<link>http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/american-lung-association-reports-on-coal-fired-power-plants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Lung Association Report Highlights Toxic Health Threat of Coal-fired Power Plants, Calls for EPA to Reduce Emissions and Save Lives WASHINGTON–The American Lung Association today released Toxic Air: The Case for Cleaning Up Coal-fired Power Plants, a new report &#8230; <a href="http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/american-lung-association-reports-on-coal-fired-power-plants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=breatheroanoke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12542372&amp;post=189&amp;subd=breatheroanoke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Hearing on Roanoke County Wind</title>
		<link>http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/public-hearing-on-roanoke-county-wind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>breatheroanoke</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our coalition supports wind energy, both as a general air quality mitigation strategy and specifically in the case of the proposed Poor Mountain Wind Farm in Roanoke County.  We encourage health professionals, people with asthma and other air quality-related health &#8230; <a href="http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/public-hearing-on-roanoke-county-wind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=breatheroanoke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12542372&amp;post=184&amp;subd=breatheroanoke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Affirming our Support</title>
		<link>http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/affirming-our-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>breatheroanoke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a copy of a Letter to the Editor that ran in this morning&#8217;s Roanoke Times by Coalition President, Jeremy Holmes. It is in response to an earlier Letter to the Editor that accused the groups who have come &#8230; <a href="http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/affirming-our-support/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=breatheroanoke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12542372&amp;post=179&amp;subd=breatheroanoke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greater Roanoke Asthma and Air Quality Coalition Offer Support for Poor Mountain Wind Farm</title>
		<link>http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/greater-roanoke-asthma-and-air-quality-coalition-offer-support-for-poor-mountain-wind-farm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Greater Roanoke Valley Asthma and Air Quality Coalition (GRVAAQC) has passed a resolution in support of Invenergy LLC’s proposed 15-18 turbine wind farm on Poor Mountain in Roanoke County.  The full text of the resolution can be found here. &#8230; <a href="http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/greater-roanoke-asthma-and-air-quality-coalition-offer-support-for-poor-mountain-wind-farm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=breatheroanoke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12542372&amp;post=173&amp;subd=breatheroanoke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resolution in support of Invenergy’s Poor Mountain Wind Farm Proposal</title>
		<link>http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/resolution-in-support-of-invenergy%e2%80%99s-poor-mountain-wind-farm-proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHEREAS asthma is a significant public health problem, both nationally and in the  Roanoke Valley, with over 6 million children nationally being affected by the disease; AND WHEREAS asthma is the leading cause of school absenteeism in the country; AND WHEREAS fine &#8230; <a href="http://breatheroanoke.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/resolution-in-support-of-invenergy%e2%80%99s-poor-mountain-wind-farm-proposal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=breatheroanoke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12542372&amp;post=170&amp;subd=breatheroanoke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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