Climate and Energy News Roundup: What’s making news in the environment
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A UN climate report card on progress since the 2015 Paris Agreement says countries are trying, but urgently need to improve their efforts.
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What is it about natural gas fracking that environmentalists hate so much?
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Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting natural gas.
HUD awards $155K to Virginia to help veterans experiencing homelessness
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HUD and the VA awarded 26 housing vouchers valued at $155,891 to Virginia to help homeless veterans and their families find and sustain permanent housing.
What’s the kerfuffle over uranium mining near the Grand Canyon?
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Since the 1950s when uranium was discovered below the desert in the Grand Canyon region of Arizona, land managers, resource extractors, environmentalists and locals have debated the ecological impacts of mining this heavy metal that serves as an abundant source of concentrated energy for nuclear power plants and other applications.
Lawmakers hold press conference on bill to protect retirement for public servants
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The Social Security Fairness Act has 290 cosponsors in the U.S House, and seeks to eliminate the WEP and the GPO for public servants.
Culpeper District Traffic Alert: VDOT work schedule for the week of Sept. 18-22
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VDOT has updated its schedule for highway work that is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger: ‘Our very top priority needs to be avoiding a government shutdown’
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The odds are against American federal lawmakers to approve 12 spending bills in time to avoid a government shutdown.
Rental housing construction projected to reach new high through 2025
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A building boom during the pandemic brought 1.2 million apartments to the rental market in the U.S., the highest level since the 1970s.
Virginia awarded more than $17M in federal funding for airport improvements
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Virginia has been awarded $17,259,239 in federal funding to improve airport infrastructure through the USDOT’s FAA.
FMS carries on military tradition of Blessing of the Colors in Friday’s annual ceremony
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The Blessing of the Colors is a military tradition during which the flags of the U.S., Virginia, FMS and AMA are blessed.
