Tim Kaine: Keystone pipeline would take U.S. in wrong direction
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In remarks on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine reiterated his opposition to legislation that would mandate approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Search Results for clean energy
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UVA vice president Thomas Skalak named senior official of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
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Thomas Skalak, vice president for research at the University of Virginia, has been named the inaugural executive director for science and technology programs at the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation in Seattle, officials announced Monday. The appointment is effective Feb. 1.
Two UVA faculty members named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
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Two faculty members are the first from the University of Virginia to be named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, an accolade created in 2010 to recognize those who invent or facilitate significant patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Grassroots Progress Report evaluates Obama’s mountaintop removal legacy
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The Alliance for Appalachia is releasing a Grassroots Progress Report that assesses the work the Obama administration has done in the region and provides recommendations for the final two years of Obama’s tenure.
Over 210,000 Virginians submit comments in support of curbing carbon pollution
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Since the EPA first began collecting them, more than 7 million Americans have submitted public comments in support of national standards to limit dangerous carbon pollution from power plants.
Press Conference: President Obama and China President Xi Jinping
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Remarks by President Obama and President Xi Jinping in a Joint Press Conference in Beijing, China, on Nov. 12, 2014.
U.S.-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change
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The United States of America and the People’s Republic of China have a critical role to play in combating global climate change, one of the greatest threats facing humanity.
Virginia’s power plants major global warming polluters
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A new study shows Virginia’s coal-fired power plants dump as much carbon pollution into the atmosphere as the entire nation of Croatia.
Virginia residents meet with White House, ask for water protection
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Numerous Appalachian groups and citizens, in coordination with The Alliance for Appalachia, will gather in the nation’s capital September 8-9 to advocate for the protection of their communities from the severe environmental and community impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining.
Charlottesville rally calls for climate action from Virginia leaders
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Virginians are already experiencing the impacts of climate change – from more extreme weather to rising seas.
