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Studies show that the typical combustion engine has a lifetime expectation of about 200,000 miles. For the average American, reaching this mileage takes about 14 years.
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Breast, colorectal and lung cancers accounted for more than 688,000 new cancer diagnoses in 2023, which reflect racial and ethnic disparity.
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Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that spam email takes a huge toll on the environment? – P.L., Bern, NC If you are among the 92 percent of Americans who use email as a means of communication, you are a recipient of unsolicited batch emails called “spam.” Every day, upwards of 14.5 billion spam emails are…
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Virginia Naturally Schools is the DWR’s official environmental education school recognition program in the Commonwealth.
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The Southern Environmental Law Center is challenging the move by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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The shipping industry emits around 3 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions annually, which is a comparable figure to that of the widely known airline industry’s footprint.
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The Virginia League of Conservation Voters released its annual scorecard ranking all members of the legislature based on their votes on environmental issues.
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The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a brief last week on behalf of The Wilderness Society in an effort to fight the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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Electric bug zappers have gained in popularity, but while these little electrocution stations do kill some adult mosquitoes, many wonder what costs they may bring to ecosystems in general.
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Transportation accounts for almost a third of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, making the switch to EVs a welcome change for environmental advocates.
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