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A week ago, I met 2,000 people who would like nothing more than to give President Obama a lump of coal on Election Day. But what they really want to do is keep giving the entire nation coal-the coal we need for our coal-fired power plants, for our domestic steel production, and to reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources
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AAA estimates it will come to the rescue of 7.9 million stranded motorists nationwide and over 122,000 in Virginia between Memorial Day and Labor Day
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Bob Goodlatte’s ethanol subsidies and Renewable Fuel Standard mandates are driving us to the edge of an economic cliff
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Republican Senate nomination candidate George Allen greeted families and spoke at the FACES of Coal rally in Abingdon hosted by the Federation for American Coal, Energy and Security
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Stone Village, Bridgewater College’s village-style residences that were constructed to conform to an internationally recognized green building certification system, is now LEED certified
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The oil industry is planning what some call a dangerous strategy of drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean
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Prices at the pump continued their relentless upward movement this week, despite a slight retreat in the oil markets. The national average price for regular grade gasoline jumped a penny this week to $3.94 per gallon Friday and remains 18 cents higher than month ago prices, 21 cents higher than a year ago and within…
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Staunton Augusta Art Center Annual Youth Art Show Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 1 Gallery located at the Staunton Augusta Art Center galleries in the R. R. Smith Center for History & Art at 20 S. New Street. The best art works from all public, private, and independent schools in Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta…
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Dear EarthTalk: What caused Solyndra, a leading American solar panel maker, to fail last fall and what are the implications for U.S. alternative energy industries? – Walt Bottone, Englewood, N.J. Solyndra was a California-based maker of thin-film solar cells affixed to cylindrical panels that could deliver more energy than conventional flat photovoltaic panels. The company’s…
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January has come and gone. Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow, and it appears that six more weeks of winter weather are ahead. We saw temperatures in the 70s in Richmond this week. Hopefully Phil is predicting six more weeks of this type of wintry weather. Throughout this session, one thing that stands out for…
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