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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation biennial State of the Bay report score decreased one point this year to 33, equivalent to a D+. The drop was largely due to increased pollution and poor water clarity caused by record regional rainfall.
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Gas prices in Virginia have fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.08/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.
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Single-game tickets and Flex Packages for the 2019 UVA Baseball season are available through the Virginia Athletics Ticket Office. General admission season tickets for the 34-game home schedule remain on sale.
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It’s hard to believe that bitcoin, the best known of a group of new “cryptocurrencies” that many believe to be the future of money, could be the final nail in the coffin causing irreversible climate change.
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You know, if Republicans wanted a border wall, they could have made it happen, easily. But instead, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided that he wanted the filibuster more than a wall that we all know is never going to be built.
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Gas prices in Virginia have fallen 4.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.11/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.
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Although some greener alternatives exist, most dry cleaners still use perchloroethylene (“perc” for short), a petroleum-based solvent that can be hazardous to the human central nervous system, with exposure causing headaches, nausea, dizziness and memory problems for some people.
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Del. Dickie Bell announced today that he will not seek re-election to the 20th District seat in the House of Delegates in 2019.
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Carpeting is an oft-overlooked culprit when it comes to compromised indoor air quality, but the chemicals used to produce it are typically far from natural.
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Gas prices in Virginia have fallen 5.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.16/g yesterday, according to the GasBuddy daily survey of 4,081 stations in Virginia.
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