Moms Clean Air Force: Naptime activists unite!
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Moms Clean Air Force (MCAF) is a community of 400,000+ parents working to combat air pollution and respond to the climate change crisis.
Search Results for environment
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Sunscreens get safer
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The ingredients in some common chemical-based sunscreens are known to cause allergic reactions for some people and have been linked to reproductive and behavioral problems in animal studies.
Research on domestic abuse among Latina, homeless and conservative Mennonite women earns JustPax grant
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Carolyn Stauffer has spent much of her life and career listening to women on three continents tell of violence and abuse in their lives.
Creigh Deeds: Busy days in the General Assembly
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The midpoint of the 2015 General Assembly Session has passed. We are nearing crossover, the point when the Senate and House of Delegates must complete work on bills generated by its members. While the budget remains the focus, a number of controversial issues have come before the Senate thus far.
Vector Industries closes on Waynesboro property: Move to allow for significant expansion
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Vector Industries has closed on the purchase of a property on Hopeman Parkway in Waynesboro that will triple the current physical plant for the unique non-profit that provides employment opportunities to people with diverse disabilities.
Montgomery educator named Virginia AITC Teacher of the Year
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Marlena “K” Preston of Montgomery County has been named Virginia’s Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year.
Aquaculture helping to boost Virginia oyster harvest
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Virginia’s oyster harvest rose 25 percent last year, passing the 500,000-bushel mark. The dockside value of that harvest increased to $22.2 million, with an estimated economic impact of over $58 million.
Ken Plum: Clash of ideas, ideals
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Ideas and ideals clash in the legislature. That makes the job interesting and at the same time challenging.
Plant-based molecule may be key to cleanup of Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster
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A Virginia Tech professor is part of a team of scientists from Japan and the United States that may have discovered a way to remove radioactive cesium from the millions of gallons of contaminated water being held at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 disaster.
Bob Goodlatte’s latest payback to Big Oil at Virginia’s expense
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A progressive group in Washington is bringing attention to Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte for what it says is Goodlatte’s political moves putting his special interest friends in Big Oil ahead of his constituents.
