Climate and Energy News Roundup: May 2025
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Renew Rocktown, an emerging local umbrella environmental organization, hosted an Earth Day luncheon that drew together 100 environmental leaders to celebrate past accomplishments.
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Affordable housing bill to expand options with federal Housing Credit
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The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act would lead to more affordable housing options by expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.
Here we go again: Kaine, Warner vote to confirm another Trump nominee
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Virginia’s two Democratic U.S. senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, both voted on Tuesday to confirm a 2020 election denier, David Perdue, to be the Trump administration ambassador to China. I’m with you. What the hell? Perdue, in addition to being an election denier, is, like Trump, a fail-up guy – he was a senator…
Mark Warner pushes DOJ, FTC on protecting Americans in 23andMe bankruptcy
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The bankruptcy proceedings of personal genomics and biotechnology company 23andMe risks sensitive information of millions of Americans.
John Whitehead: How does a president becomes a dictator? By executive order
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The Unitary Executive Theory is no longer a theory—it’s the architecture of a dictatorship in motion.
Plain clothes, masks, unmarked vehicles: ICE agents target immigrants in Virginia
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U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement, or ICE, is reportedly on the ground in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
Senate Democrats fire off angry letter to Trump on El Salvador deportations
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A group of Senate Democrats has written a letter to Donald Trump to demand that he walk back his threat to send prison inmates, and presumably, political opponents jailed on trumped up charges, to a prison in El Salvador.
Bethany Theological Seminary president to speak at Bridgewater College commencement
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Dr. Jeffrey W. Carter ’92, president of Bethany Theological Seminary will serve as the Bridgewater College’s Commencement speaker for 2025.
House energy coalition calls Trump cuts to fed ‘sabotage,’ not leadership
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Nearly 100 days into the second Trump presidential term, America celebrates Earth Day and its responsibility as a good steward of the planet.
New 7,500-capacity amphitheater set to open June 6 in Downtown Richmond
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A new 7,500-capacity amphitheater is coming to Downtown Richmond this summer with the first show scheduled for June 6.
