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Agriculture is the backbone of our economy in Virginia. Combined with forestry, agriculture represents the largest segment of Virginia’s economy, generating more than $70 billion annually and accounting for nearly 415,000 jobs across the Commonwealth.
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The UVA baseball team may still very well get an NCAA Tournament bid. If it does, it will be a miracle of smoke-and-mirrors produced by coach Brian O’Connor and his staff.
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Climate change impacts are already affecting temperatures, precipitation, weather, growing seasons, streams, forests, plants, animals and humans – and future impacts will be severe, unless global warming is reined in.
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The American Farm Bureau Federation is encouraging farmers across the country to speak out in favor of biotechnology through a just-launched advocacy campaign.
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During May commencement ceremonies today, Gov. Terry McAuliffe told Virginia Commonwealth University’s newest graduates to follow their passion.
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Unlike the Great Wall of China, a 5,000-mile fortification dating back to the 7th century BC that separates northern China from the Mongolian steppe, the Great Green Wall of China—otherwise known as the Three-North Shelter Forest Program—is the biggest tree planting project on the planet.
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Today Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring released an opinion confirming a locality’s ability to use its land use and zoning authority to prohibit shale gas development, also known as fracking.
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The Lake Tams shoreline in Gypsy Hill Park is undergoing a renovation, thanks in part to a $200,000 matching grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality through its Stormwater Local Assistance Fund.
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A 40-hour work week is typical for most full-time paid jobs. But Stephen Bennett, from Covington, Virginia, a senior majoring in forestry in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, typically pulls at least 40 hours a week on a volunteer basis at the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad.
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As many as 140 protesters from across Virginia and Maryland greeted Dominion Resources executives and board members arriving for the company’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday morning, in a sign of the growing citizen backlash over the company’s dirty energy investments and dirty politics.
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