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?
Search Results for environment
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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.
‘Unprecedented food crisis:’ WHO reports urgent need in Horn of Africa
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The World Health Organization needs $123 million to feed people in the greater Horn of Africa through December 2022.
Augusta County: Household Hazardous Waste Day set for Sept. 24
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The annual Household Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Day has been set for Saturday, Sept. 24, from 8:30 a.m. until noon at the Augusta County Government Center in Verona.
Climate, energy news roundup: August report from Climate Action Alliance of the Valley
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Ancient giant sequoias in California, once considered impervious to flames, are again under threat from wildfires, this time in the Yosemite National Park.
Winslow Myers: Beyond the mulish, look to the stars
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Nancy Pelosi’s stopover in Taiwan may be brave or foolhardy, but the Chinese reaction so far (lots of live-fire weapons drills close to the island nation, along with acts of cyber-sabotage) suggests how threatened the government of the Peoples’ Republic of China feels.
