
Climate Action Alliance of the Valley climate, energy news roundup: April 25
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George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes, died because America is being overrun with militarized cops

David Gravel set the track speed record in qualifying, won his heat race and then made it a clean sweep by leading nearly every lap in the main feature en route to victory Friday night in the World of Outlaws Bristol Throwdown.

Kyle Larson is heading to Thunder Valley this weekend for the World of Outlaws Bristol Throwdown chasing another victory in the high-speed World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series.

A key component of appreciating a favorite song is the emotions that can be stirred, regardless of the genre. So Hip Hop, with its vivid imagery and expressions of raw feeling, is just as valid as anything else.

AEW hit it big ratings-wise with Shaquille O’Neal a few weeks back. Cue Mike Tyson for what looks to be a purposeful one-off return tonight on “Dynamite” on TNT.

Unemployment is still more than double what it was pre-pandemic, but the fine folks at the Virginia Employment Commission are focused on … work requirements and fraud. Another feather in Gov. Ralph Northam’s cap here.

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Scott German and I had lunch with Ralph Sampson the other day, and, no, this isn’t a humble brag. OK, it’s a humble brag. But it’s also going somewhere.

According to recent data from USDA, nearly 40 million Americans live in food deserts, areas defined to be without grocery stores within one or more miles in urban regions, and ten or more miles in rural regions.
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