Winslow Myers: Brief dispatch from Belize
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Belize has been dealing with a serious border dispute with Guatemala that goes back decades.
Search Results for climate
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How much energy does Bitcoin actually consume?
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Bitcoin is by far the most popular type of cryptocurrency. As such, many people have only recently learned that bitcoin mining requires an incredible amount of energy.
More salad, less meat better for planet
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Prioritizing salads is indeed a step forward, as meat and animal products lead to pollution and the production of greenhouse gasses that trap heat in the atmosphere and lead to global warming.
Kevin Martin and Brad Wolf: A no-nukes strategy or a no-win reality
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We have grown numb to the world resting on a razor’s edge of destruction. Climate catastrophe, pandemics, cyberwar and endless wars seem “normal” by now.
Rivera Sun: Four good reasons not to go to war in Ukraine
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The last thing any of us need is a war with Russia over the Ukraine. You don’t need to know much about foreign policy to know that.
Don Beyer running for re-election to Eighth District congressional seat
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Democrat Don Beyer announced Monday that he will seek reelection to represent Virginia’s Eighth Congressional District.
New Green Labs Certification Program kicks off at Virginia Tech
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A new Virginia Tech program is striving to make laboratory spaces more environmentally friendly.
OPM announces $15 minimum wage for federal civilian employees
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Federal civilian employees in the U.S. will now be paid at least $15 per hour, a change that will impact 67,000 out of 2.2 million federal employees.
Virginia farmers set agricultural policy at national convention
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After a virtual event last year, the American Farm Bureau Federation Convention returned in-person Jan. 7-12.
Totalitarian paranoia run amok: Pandemics, lockdowns and martial law
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Once upon a time, there was a government so paranoid about its hold on power that it treated everyone and everything as a threat and a reason to expand its powers.
