
Earth Talk: Lithium mining is an environmental scourge
Acquiring lithium comes at an enormous cost. As with most metals, its mining is destructive.

Acquiring lithium comes at an enormous cost. As with most metals, its mining is destructive.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced this week the launch of a new Office of Environmental Justice within the Justice Department.

Russia’s military activities threaten Ukraine’s environment through air, water and soil pollution.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin recognized the winners of the 2022 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards at the recent Environment Virginia Symposium.

Methane capture, the process of using the decomposition of livestock byproducts like cow and hog manure to generate electricity, is a promising technology.

After two years of going virtual, the annual Envirothon is returning to an in-person competition, and the students excited about getting back at it.

The current policies that are being implemented in Virginia can do immeasurable harm to the already fragile environment of the Commonwealth.

In January, the CDC updated its guidance for reducing COVID-19 transmission in schools and day care settings.

Democrats in Virginia’s congressional delegation helped undo much of the damage to environmental laws from the Trump administration and made progress in key areas.

The House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing on Tuesday on H.R. 2021, the Environmental Justice for All Act.
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