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It’s been just a year since the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Rather than focus on enacting much needed safety and environmental reforms, Rep. Goodlatte wants to open Virginia’s waters to drilling, as if last year never happened (“Goodlatte bill would push offshore drilling off Virginia waters,” April 6, 2011). The notion that…
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Edited by Chris Graham AFPBusiness.com Read a transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama on Friday, March 5, in Arlington on clean-energy jobs. The transcript is available on AFPBusiness.com.
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Staff Report Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Jim Webb (D-Va.) today introduced the The Clean Energy Act of 2009, a bipartisan bill to promote further investment and development of the nation’s clean energy technologies, including nuclear power and other resources. The Alexander-Webb bill is designed to invigorate the economy, create jobs, and move the United…
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A study from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy puts the lie to the wild predictions from partisans that the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act will end up costing you hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year in extra energy costs. “This revised analysis directly underscores the important contribution energy efficiency…
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Dominion Energy asked the State Corporation Commission to cut compensation rates for rooftop solar customers who send excess energy to the grid.
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The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill to extend the EnergyShare program of Dominion Energy to 2038 and increase its budget.
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The Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act subsidizes fossil fuels by an average of $3.5 billion each year, according to a new report from Senate Budget Committee Democrats.
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The Rockingham County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected an application to build a 20-acre solar panel facility northeast of Harrisonburg.
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The UVA Board of Visitors has new leadership: out, the MAGAs who forced a lackluster guy into the president’s office; in, two Abigail Spanberger appointees whose mission needs to be, cleaning house.
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Solar can save Virginia farms if state and local government gets out of the way.
