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The Shenandoah Group of the Sierra Club and Climate Action Alliance of the Valley are hosting Action and Elections in Virginia: What Would Rachel Carson Do? – an online event set for Thursday from 7-8 p.m.
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A coalition of 24 states and municipalities in filing a lawsuit challenging the EPA on a final rule gutting standards that limit emissions of methane, volatile organic compounds, and other hazardous pollutants from new, reconstructed, and modified facilities in the oil and natural gas industry.
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When installing an air conditioning system in your home, you must choose the right size capable of managing your home’s cooling needs.
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Members of the advisory board for the Mudd Center for Ethics at Washington and Lee already had international ethics in mind in late 2019 as they pondered a topic for the center’s 2020-2021 lecture series.
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It’s been 10 years since the Chesapeake Bay watershed was put on a “pollution diet.” And while there’s been some belt tightening since then, the regional effort to reduce nutrient pollution in order to restore a healthy Bay has fared about as well as many other diets: It is far from meeting its 2025 goal.
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Yes, mining wastes (“tailings”) could indeed be part of the solution to our climate woes.
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It was odd, doubly odd, to hear Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth talking last night about how loud the 17,000 people at the Kansas City-Houston NFL kickoff were.
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Proponents of nuclear energy like to present it as a cutting-edge technology that would save us from climate disaster. But recent corruption scandals in Ohio and Illinois have shown the nuclear industry for what it is: an aging, starving beast, hungry for bailouts and willing to do anything to get them.
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Just as an earthquake mercilessly exposes shoddy building standards, a crisis like the current pandemic lays bare societal flaws. Both present opportunities to rebuild better.
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Close your eyes. Listen to what’s around you. What do you hear? Sure, you hear the sound of wind chimes or leaves fluttering in the wind, but can you hear the sounds of plants moving as they grow?
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