DEQ seeks input through community pollution reduction planning meetings
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will host community meetings throughout the Commonwealth as part of a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant.
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Survey: How are Virginia city council members protecting LGBTQ+ residents?
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Virginia fared well in a survey of LGBTQ+ equality in the areas of municipal policies, laws and services.
Vampire bats may soon travel to United States; bringing rabies, danger to livestock with them
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Due to climate change, vampire bats may soon come to the United States – and carry rabies with them.
Did the 55-17 loss really come down to the Colandrea ‘after we beat Virginia Tech’ quote?
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This week’s dumb sports controversy is the fairly innocuous comment from UVA freshman QB Anthony Colandrea about the Cavaliers’ game with Virginia Tech.
Roddy Scheer: What is the status of California’s giant sequoias trees?
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Giant sequoias, which can grow upwards of 300 feet tall with circumferences of 90+ feet around at ground level, are among the largest and longest living species on the planet today.
Data Center Reform Coalition aims to educate Virginia about threat to clean energy
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Nonprofit organizations, homeowners’ groups, and residents from all over Virginia have joined forces to form a coalition that is calling for industry-wide data center reform.
‘I’d rather sit in the dark than breathe poison’: Residents oppose Virginia power plant
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More than 60 Chesterfield residents showed up to a Dominion Energy-led hearing this week to voice their opposition to a proposed power plant.
Pilot program begins in 2024 to mentor Virginia’s new principals of at-risk elementary schools
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The VDOE, VAESP and the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals are collaborating on a pilot program.
‘Code orange’ alert issued for air quality in Virginia, West Virginia due to wildfires
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Air quality in Virginia and West Virginia continues to be an issue today, according to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
Virginia DEQ issues ‘code red’ alert for region for unhealthy air quality due to wildfires
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code Red Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates for much of Virginia through midnight.
