Solarize Harrisonburg is happening!
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A local environmental group, Climate Action Alliance of the Valley (CAAV), is launching a Solarize Harrisonburg program.
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McAuliffe announces 596 new jobs at Fort Monroe
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Liberty-Source PBC, a flexible onshore business process outsourcing model that uniquely harnesses the talent of military spouses, will invest $1.56 million to establish an operation at Fort Monroe in the City of Hampton.
Virginia delegation pushes Langley-Eustis for new Air Force facility
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In a joint letter, U.S. Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine and U.S. Congressmen Bobby Scott, Randy Forbes, Scott Rigell and Rob Wittman urged Secretary of the Air Force Deborah James to consider Virginia’s Joint Base Langley-Eustis as a location for the future Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC).
Improving chemical safety: A baby step in the right direction
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In the aftermath of the explosion of a fertilizer storage facility in West, Texas last year that killed 15 people and destroyed three schools and a nursing home, federal officials realized there are serious gaps in federal oversight authority of facilities that house dangerous chemicals.
Governor McAuliffe launches plan to fix I-66
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Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced a plan to transform traffic-choked Interstate 66 into a multi-modal facility with express lanes, rapid bus service and a park-and-ride network from the Capital Beltway to Haymarket.
Andy Schmookler: The politics of hostility
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How did it come to this? How did our political life in America get to be so drenched in hostility?
Restoration of state-threatened peregrine continues in Shenandoah National Park
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Between early May and mid-July, Shenandoah National Park Natural Resources staff, working in partnership with the Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William & Mary, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and the Virginia Department of Transportation, has successfully restored nine peregrine falcons in the park.
More accountability needed for Chesapeake Bay pollution
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A recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report card on the Chesapeake Bay was headlined “partners are making progress in Chesapeake Bay cleanup.”
Robert Hurt: Senate should join House jobs effort
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My top priority in Congress has always been adopting policies that will lead to the creation of private sector jobs for the hardworking individuals and families of Virginia’s Fifth District.
Earth Talk: Safer and more effective sunscreens
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Many of the sunscreens on the market do not provide enough protection from the sun’s damaging rays. Also, some of them contain chemicals that can also cause health problems in their own right.
