Study: Return on Virginia investment in land conservation
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An economic analysis found that for every $1 invested by the state in land conservation, $4 in natural goods and services is returned to Virginia’s economy.
Search Results for environment
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Civil rights complaint challenges discrimination Richmond Public Schools
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Two students and the local branch of the NAACP have filed an anti-discrimination complaint against Richmond Public Schools.
National 100 Great Oncology Programs list features UVA
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The UVA Cancer Center at UVA Medical Center has been honored among 100 hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs by Becker’s Hospital Review.
Businesses urge McAuliffe to strengthen Virginia clean energy economy
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Business owners, civic officials and health professionals called on Gov. Terry McAuliffe to comply with the EPA Clean Power Plan.
Virginia Tech professor earns $1 million grant to produce nuclear radiation energy-harvesting device
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Lei Zuo, associate professor of mechanical engineering, was recently awarded a Department of Energy Nuclear Engineering research grant to develop nuclear radiation energy.
Alon Ben-Meir: Incentives and peace, Part 2
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Unless distrust, insecurity, and illusions are first addressed, no incentives will motivate Israel and the Palestinians to make concessions needed to reach a peace agreement.
Virginia Tech students team with Ecuadorean tribes to learn most-effective plants for treating infection
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Ten Virginia Tech undergraduate students held onto their hats this summer as they plunged down Amazonian river systems into the heart of Ecuador.
Free community festival delivers life-saving information
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PrepareAthon, a free festival encouraging community preparedness, is coming to the Science Museum of Virginia on Saturday, August 27.
National survey, Virginia program noting farms’ conservation efforts
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The National Agricultural Statistics Service is conducting its second annual survey to measure the environmental benefits associated with conservation practices on agricultural land.
Ken Plum: Constituencies in a Commonwealth
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The process of redistricting becomes complicated and very political as incumbent legislators attempt to draw lines around those persons most supportive of them.
