AAA provides tips for motorists battling harsh subzero temperatures
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Harsh temperatures and weather conditions make vehicles work harder, particularly the charging and starting system, headlights, tires and windshield wipers.
Search Results for climate
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Governor McAuliffe congratulates Luca Paschina on presentation of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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Luca Paschina, General Manager and winemaker of Barboursville Vineyards, was inducted into the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in recognition of his leadership in the establishment of Barboursville Vineyards as the standard of excellence in Virginia wines.
Groups call on Dominion to abandon plans for North Anna 3 reactor
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Today 15 organizations announced they have come together to form Not on Our Fault Line, an alliance that will oppose Dominion Virginia Power’s plans for a new nuclear reactor in Louisa County adjacent to the site of the North Anna Reactors 1 & 2.
Divestment and fossil fuels
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The climate movement has embraced divestment—that is, ditching stocks, bonds or investment funds deemed unethical or morally ambiguous—given how effective the tactic was in helping topple Apartheid in South Africa by shaming the companies still willing to do business there.
Lynwood Lewis: Virginia General Assembly update
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This week in the Senate of Virginia has been hectic and busy. This Tuesday was the last day the Senate had to consider the bills introduced in that chamber in order for the House of Delegates to begin their consideration of the legislation; and the House has done the same.
Scientific fraud underlies global warming scare
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Why is it that when politicians make basic science mistakes in support of the hypothesis of dangerous human-caused global warming, no government agency or university representative corrects them? It is not as if such errors are rare; they are happening all the time.
Save the Earth: It’s the only planet with chocolate?
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A witty sign showing up at climate rallies proclaims: “Save the Earth – It’s the only planet with chocolate!”, and for good reason. The severe weather, extreme temperatures and irregular rainfall associated with global warming is more pronounced in the tropical regions where cocoa is cultivated from West Africa to Indonesia to South and Central America.
After passing Senate, bill protecting Virginia LGBT public employees killed in House subcommittee
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On Thursday, Senate Bill 785, a bill to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender public employees from workplace discrimination, was tabled in the House General Laws subcommittee 4, effectively killing it for the remainder of this session.
Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Lies and numbers
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It is difficult to assess just how deep the deception runs in Dominion’s efforts to ram the Atlantic Coast Pipeline down the throats of communities and rate-payers in Virginia.
Senate Republicans block Lynwood Lewis proposed environmental study
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This afternoon, Senate Republicans axed Democrats’ final hope at gaining some traction on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in Virginia.
