Earl Zimmerman: Climate and Energy News Roundup for September 2025
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James Madison University revealed its new electric “Gus Bus” that provides books, tutoring, and mobile classrooms to elementary schools throughout Harrisonburg.
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Harsh reality | 1 in 9 in the Shenandoah Valley are food insecure
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The focus for September at the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is to raise awareness of and advocate for members of the community who are food insecure.
Big Ugly Bill impacts | McClellan travels to Tazewell to address rural healthcare
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Republicans in the red part of Virginia won’t meet with their constituents to hear their concerns about the Big Ugly Bill and its impact on rural healthcare, so, Jennifer McClellan, a Democratic congresswoman from Richmond, is doing their job for them.
Getting to know: Makayla Venable: Democrat working to shock the world in the 36th
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Makayla Venable, the Democrat running for the House of Delegates seat representing Staunton, Waynesboro and parts of Augusta County and Rockbridge County, gets the obvious question asked of her all the time.
Alarming trend? | Study finds AI guilty of encouraging self harm in children
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AI is to blame in a study in a medical journal that found three chatbots avoided answering questions about suicide that endanger users.
Immigrants at NoVA ICE detention center lack clean drinking water, sufficient food
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An ICE detention center in Chantilly is operating above its holding capacity, according to a report from the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, creating inhumane and unsafe conditions for detainees.
Kary Love | What happens when you can’t tell the cops from the robbers?
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Instead of promoting self-government, by letting states and local governments run according to the will of the local people, the GOP is acting like Moscow and dictating central planning from DC in total disregard of state’s rights.
Midterms 2026 | Could this be the Democrats’ last stand against Donald Trump?
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The Democratic Party now faces the test of lifetime relevance. It must now advance a compelling socioeconomic and political agenda that reflects the needs and yearnings of those who abandoned the party.
Making DC safer: Trump administration no longer enforcing DC gun laws
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The Trump administration, which has federal police and National Guard troops on the streets of DC, because DC is unsafe, is also no longer going to enforce DC gun laws that make it a felony to concealed-carry rifles or shotguns in the District.
Trump policies gutting Virginia economy: How do we dig ourselves back out?
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The Trump tariffs, and the massive Trump federal government layoffs, both championed by Glenn Youngkin and Winsome Earle-Sears, are going to gut Virginia’s economy over the next 18 months.
