SCC reminds Virginians to Dig with CARE
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Aug. 11 (811 Day) is the day recognized in the Commonwealth to remind Virginians of the importance of always contacting Virginia 811 before you dig.
Search Results for environment
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Electricity costs up nearly 14 percent this summer: Largest increase in 16 years
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The cost of electricity in American homes was 13.7 percent higher in June of this year than last year.
Study: Majority of healthcare workers stressed, overwhelmed, questioning career path
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A recent survey of roughly 5,000 frontline healthcare workers finds that more than two years of dealing with the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic is causing profound negative impacts on workers’ mental health.
Repression, terror, fear: The government wants to silence the opposition
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We didn’t know it then, but what happened five years ago in Charlottesville, Va., was a foretaste of what was to come.
Earth Talk: What is a macrogrid, and how do they work?
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What on Earth is a “macrogrid,” and how do proponents of the concept think it will improve energy efficiency?
Senate passes Inflation Reduction Act: Sweeping changes to healthcare, clean energy
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Senate Democrats finally got something meaningful done, voting 51-50 on Sunday, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote, to pass a $750 billion healthcare, clean energy and tax bill.
Libby Traubman: Beyond plastics
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Back in 1967 people were electrified by “The Graduate,” especially the scene of 40+ Anne Bancroft seducing 21-year old Dustin Hoffman. But there was another iconic moment, when one of his parents’ friends definitively pronounces one word to Hoffman that would assure his future business success: “plastics.”
Virginia committing $1B to K-12 school construction
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin participated in the official grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Mecklenburg County Middle School and High School on Friday, and used the occasion to ceremonially sign legislation providing more than $1 billion in school construction funds for K-12 public education.
Grants available to Virginia educators for agricultural learning
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Educators interested in incorporating agricultural learning into their curricula can receive help from Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom’s educator grants.
Bluestone Elementary: Dispensers reduce waste, encourage kids to drink more milk
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Cartons aren’t the only way to deliver nutritious milk to growing students. Milk dispensers – like soda machines but for milk – have the potential to decrease school milk waste.
