Work from home? Future brings work from wherever jobs to the forefront
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Working from home during the pandemic allowed individuals and families to safely quarantine while continuing to bring in an income.
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Youngkin administration’s new regulatory guidelines create further burden for solar industry
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Virginia Advanced Energy Economy, a business association, is disappointed in new regulatory guidance issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) on Wednesday.
4K beagles freed from Virginia breeding facility: Humane Society working on rescue plan
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The Humane Society of the United States and the U.S. Department of Justice are working on a rescue plan with Beagle Freedom Project (BFP) to find homes for 4,000 beagles taken from a breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia.
Tropical Storm Agnes: 50 years later, still the biggest story I ever covered
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I learned a lot from Tropical Storm Agnes, arguably the most impactful storm to hit the Chesapeake Bay in the several thousand years the current estuary has existed.
Waynesboro Schools prepared for threats with safety policies, procedures
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Public school systems across the United States were shocked by the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24. The deadliest school shooting since 20 children and six adults were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, 19 children and two adults were killed in Uvalde.
McEachin leads 47 lawmakers in push to finalize NAAQS
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More than 137 million Americans live in areas with unhealthy amounts of particle pollution.
50 years later: Tropical Storm Agnes continues to haunt Chesapeake Bay watershed
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Fifty years ago, Tropical Storm Agnes detonated a water bomb over the Mid-Atlantic. Over a handful days in June 1972, relentless rain triggered record-breaking floods.
Climate change and the economy: If we’re smart, we turn it into jobs, opportunity
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Strangely enough, climate change does produce jobs and boost the economy as we struggle to make ourselves more resilient to its ravages.
Virginia Tech professor receives award to understand plastics, impact of ocean waves
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Did you know the same rhythmic water movement that helps some beach-goers relax could be contributing to a worrisome human health risk – the aerosolization of tiny micro- and nano-plastics?
Historically hot temperatures pose greater risks to women, young children
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Staying safe outdoors is more and more of a challenge with rising global temperatures and other dangers from climate change.
