Climate and Energy News Roundup: April 2025
Climate STARR (Strategies for Trauma, Action, Resilience, & Regeneration) training in response to our climate crisis is being held at Eastern Mennonite University.
Climate STARR (Strategies for Trauma, Action, Resilience, & Regeneration) training in response to our climate crisis is being held at Eastern Mennonite University.
Because of the growth of power-hungry data centers, Virginia now imports more electricity than any other state. The electricity imported from neighboring states is both more expensive and more dependent on fossil fuels.
Concurrent with deploying new, better buses, Harrisonburg’s Department of Public Transportation revealed a new branding.
Days before Christmas, amid a national rush to deliver holiday packages, thousands of Amazon workers began a strike in four states.
A Circuit Court judge has ruled that Gov. Youngkin’s effort to administratively withdraw Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was illegal “and therefore void as a matter of law.”
A U.S. Surgeon General report found that despite reductions in smoking as a whole, not all population groups share in the progress.
The Friendly City Food Co-op received the 2024 Valley Treasure Award from the Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley.
China’s economy has probably peaked in size and performance. The era of investment and credit expansion seems to be over.
Bridgewater College has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report, Washington Monthly and The Princeton Review with accolades.
U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University of Mary Washington among the top 10 public liberal arts colleges in the United States.