
Mel Gurtov: The battle over cobalt
Recall the controversy over “blood diamonds”—diamond mining that helped fund civil wars in Africa.

Recall the controversy over “blood diamonds”—diamond mining that helped fund civil wars in Africa.

The State Corporation Commission has determined that Chickahominy Pipeline LLC is a public utility, which means SCC approval is necessary before the company can construct and operate an 83-mile natural gas transmission line across several Central Virginia counties.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced $24.5 million in grants awarded from the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund, which is made possible with funding from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Starplast USA, a subsidiary of the Israeli company Starplast, will invest approximately $17.7 million to develop a new manufacturing facility in Chesterfield.

Business Facilities magazine has named Virginia the top state for Overall Business Climate. No doubt your favorite conservative blogger will tell you that the voting was somehow rigged, but, whatever.

Months of Democrats and President Biden kissing Joe Manchin’s West Virginia white ass ended, predictably, with Joe Manchin doing what Joe Manchin was no doubt going to do all along.

The pandemic is the most challenging crisis facing our nation in more than a century, and remains one of the fundamental human rights issues of our time.

Not surprisingly, Amazon.com’s environmental performance is a mixed bag.

Thought experiment: China contaminates the groundwater in certain places on Oahu, the most populous and popular island in Hawaii.

CoStar Group, a leading provider of real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces, expects to invest more than $460 million to expand in Richmond.
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