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States have begun to respond to citizen complaints, but no state requires enough upfront collection of data and monitoring of drilling operations to ensure protection of local water supplies
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Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today introduced bipartisan legislation to require independent agencies to analyze the costs and benefits of new regulations and tailor new rules to minimize unnecessary burdens on the economy
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Over 20 cooperative business organizations have their roots in Rockingham County, from large credit unions and agricultural marketing co-ops to smaller beef producer co-ops and worker-owned restaurants. Together they are joining in celebrating the United Nations’ declaration of 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives
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U.S. Sens. Jim Webb Mark R. Warner announced the introduction of The Offshore Petroleum Expansion Now Act of 2012, or the OPEN Act, on Wednesday
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Pollution haze has been a problem at Shenandoah National Park for decades despite a 1977 congressional dictum calling for the nation’s greatest natural treasures—known as “Class 1” areas—to be free of the unhealthy air plaguing cities
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David Krieger, DO, MPH, MBA, a specialist in occupational medicine, has joined Augusta Health as the medical director of the new Occupational Health program. The Fishersville hospital also announced the addition of Michael Layne, M.D., an internal medicine physician, as a hospitalist
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The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge announces scholarship awards over $40,000 to 30 area students
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High-tech manufacturer PPI/Time Zero has announced plans to add space and another 50 jobs at Solutions Place in Waynesboro
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Dear EarthTalk: We’ve been hearing for years how producing red meat is bad for the environment while consuming it is bad for our health. How do other types of meat, fish, dairy and vegetable proteins stack up in terms of environmental and health impacts? – Julia Saperstein, via e-mail Not all forms of protein are…
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The Virginia Department of Forestry has shifted from a county-based to a multi-county, area-based life safety and public service agency under an agency reorganization plan that went into effect last week
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