
Virginia Tech tropical storm expert encourages people to be ‘weather aware’
A Virginia Tech meteorologist with expertise in hurricanes and tropical storms encourages people to prepare for the Atlantic hurricane season that begins June 1.

A Virginia Tech meteorologist with expertise in hurricanes and tropical storms encourages people to prepare for the Atlantic hurricane season that begins June 1.

Augusta County taxpayers should spend tens of millions of dollars more on renovations to the Augusta County Courthouse so that select Downtown Staunton shopkeepers can make a few extra bucks selling coffee and sandwiches.

There’s a good chance, if you use a gas-powered lawn mower, that maintaining your lawn is worse for the environment than your morning commute. In some cases, far worse.

Since Trump rose to power in 2016, my concerns about the future of America have only been gravely compounded.

The Chesapeake Bay Program, in collaboration with the Chesapeake Conservancy, U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Vermont, announced the release of the Very High-Resolution Land Use/Land Cover and Change Data.

Although great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who no one will confuse with King Solomon, is trying to play “both sides” with the fate of the Augusta County Courthouse referendum.

If we continue with more of the same, we can kiss 1.5°C goodbye. Even 2 degrees may be out of reach. And that would be catastrophe. This is madness. Addiction to fossil fuels is mutually assured destruction. — UN Secretary-General António Guterres Our climate crisis Christiana Figueres, a former UN climate chief and co-author of The Future…

Update: Friday, 9:01 a.m. The public hearing for a rezoning of 0 Stonewall Drive will be removed from the agenda for the Monday, May 9 meeting of Waynesboro City Council. The applicant has withdrawn the request for a rezoning of the site.

What are the most recent projections about sea level rise around the world as a result of climate change? And is there any hope of turning back the tide if we rein in emissions as planned under the current iteration of the Paris agreement?
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