Earth Talk: The 2012 Farm Bill
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Like so much of the legislation coming out of Washington, D.C., green groups are mixed on the new Farm Bill now making its way toward a floor vote
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Earth Talk: Drilling in the Arctic
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The oil industry is planning what some call a dangerous strategy of drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean
Virginia tops Site Selection mag’s 2011 competitiveness rankings
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Site Selection magazine has named Virginia the winner of its 2011 Competitiveness Award, which recognizes excellence on the part of a state-level economic development group. The Virginia Economic Development Partnership was honored at an awards ceremony on April 23 at the Industrial Asset Management Council’s spring 2012 Professional Forum in Austin, Texas. The Competitiveness Award…
Look for Virginia Grown horticulture products at a nursery or greenhouse near you
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A few weeks ago the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and other agricultural organizations encouraged citizens to take the $10 Buy Local Challenge: if each household in Virginia spent just $10 a week on locally grown agricultural products, consumers would invest an additional $1.65 billion back into the local economy annually. That’s an…
Darden School of Business launches resilience competition
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The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is launching its third annual Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards competition. Darden is accepting applications and recommendations from qualifying Virginia businesses at www.resilienceawards.org through 2 July. To assist businesses and communities nationwide, this year’s competition emphasizes how Virginia’s most resilient businesses adapted to—and are helping their communities recover…
DRS Technologies announces move to Northern Virginia
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, will be relocating its corporate headquarters from New Jersey to Arlington County. The company, recognized as one of the leading defense technology companies in the world, will be expanding its regional office to accommodate over 100 employees. The relocation and expansion costs will…
State revenues up 7.6 percent in March
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that March general fund revenue collections rose 7.6 percent. The year-over-year increase was driven in large part by growth in sales and corporate income tax receipts. March is typically not a significant month for revenue collections. On a year-to-date basis, total revenue collections have risen 5.3 percent, ahead of the…
Warner: ‘All-of-the-above’ on energy policy
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Third in a four-part series What can Washington do about the near-record gas prices that a lot of us fear will cripple the economic recovery that has been slow in arriving anyway? In the short term, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., concedes, not much. “It’s not like America is paying a signficantly higher price for…
Andy Schmookler: Global warming
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Is global warming a real reason for concern? Sixth District Democratic congressional candidate Andy Schmookler doesn’t pretend to be an expert in climate science. He is smart enough to look at what those who are have to say. “There are people who have been told that the way science works is that we have essentially…
Earth Talk: Fuel economy, disease clusters
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Dear EarthTalk: I read that car makers had agreed to up fuel economy standards to an average of about 55 miles per gallon by the year 2025, and that specifics were due to be hammered out by the end of 2011. Did this happen and where do things stand now? — Scott Ellis, Norwalk, CA…
