Earth Talk: Pesticides on our food
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Along with the rise in the popularity of organic food has come an increased awareness about the dangers lurking on so-called “conventionally produced” foods
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Karen Kwiatkowski: Bob Goodlatte has doubled your grocery bill
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Bob Goodlatte’s ethanol subsidies and Renewable Fuel Standard mandates are driving us to the edge of an economic cliff
Earth Talk: Silent Spring
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Rachel Carson’s seminal 1962 book, Silent Spring, told the real-life story of how bird populations across the country were suffering as a result of the widespread application of the synthetic pesticide DDT
Community Foundation announces upcoming grants
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The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge will announce $175,000 in competitive community grants
Warner joins group introducing jobs legislation
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) today introduced bipartisan legislation, Startup Act 2.0
Earth Talk: Two years after the BP disaster
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The Gulf of Mexico may be open for business and eager to attract tourists, but it’s still unclear whether or not marine and coastal ecosystems there are healthy two years after the BP oil disaster
BC’s Stone Village receives LEED certification
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Stone Village, Bridgewater College’s village-style residences that were constructed to conform to an internationally recognized green building certification system, is now LEED certified
Farm Bureau: Farmers cleaning up farms, raking in dough
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Spring is planting season, but some farmers are harvesting profits from old junk that’s been lying around their buildings and fields, sometimes for decades
Bridgewater College names sustainability director
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Bridgewater College today announced the appointment of Teshome Molalenge as the college’s director of sustainability
Earth Talk: The 2012 Farm Bill
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Like so much of the legislation coming out of Washington, D.C., green groups are mixed on the new Farm Bill now making its way toward a floor vote
