What’s making news in climate, environment: January 2026 update
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Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger detailed her plans to make utility bills more affordable, as the cost of electricity continues to rise.
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2025: The year the government stopped pretending it cared about freedom
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Some years chip away at freedom. Others tear the mask off. 2025 was the year the government stopped pretending it was constrained by the Constitution.
Crystal Graham: Top stories from 2025 include coverage of mental health, homelessness, more
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In case you missed them, Crystal Graham prepared a roundup of her top stories from 2025 on Augusta Free Press.
MAGA killed the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit: Will that slow the transition to EV?
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On Oct. 1, the Trump administration ended the $7,500 federal tax credit for EV buyers.
Alon Ben-Meir: Trump’s disgraceful and destructive use of the presidential pardon
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Donald Trump has mastered the art of exploiting the power of his office to serve his malignant narcissism and lust for power in endless ways.
Perriello, Luria get endorsements from Kaine, Warner for congressional bids
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Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are putting their weight behind the campaigns of a pair of former Members of Congress in two 2026 Democratic Party congressional primaries.
Jewish advocacy groups take aim at Roanoke Del. Sam Rasoul over Gaza comments
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A coalition of Jewish advocacy groups is trying to cancel a Democratic state delegate, Sam Rasoul, a Palestinian-American, accusing Rasoul of antisemitism.
Nehemias Velez: Shared solar puts power back in the hands of the people
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One important way Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger can lower utility bills while bringing more energy online is to implement her platform’s proposal to expand Virginians’ access to shared solar.
Alon Ben-Meir: Trump must be stopped from destroying our democracy
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Every American must remember that the U.S. is not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover; we are in it. Donald Trump is acting on it methodically in broad daylight.
Waynesboro: Afghan man detained by ICE for allegedly supporting ISIS
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The Trump administration is wasting no time rounding up Afghan nationals in the U.S., including a Waynesboro man who it claims provided weapons to ISIS.
