Earl Zimmerman: Climate and Energy News Roundup
The JMU Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Energy is hosting a local tour as part of The American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour.
The JMU Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Energy is hosting a local tour as part of The American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour.
Hurricane Ernesto will stay offshore of the United States, but it will cause unsettled weather in Virginia and dangerous rip currents on the coast.
The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley is a 2024 Clean Virginia Community Giving Program recipient.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced additional key administration and board appointments this week.

A South Korean energy company with a $3 trillion market cap is getting millions from Virginia to build a submarine cable manufacturing facility in Chesapeake.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced additional key administration and board appointments this week, including one veteran from Rockingham County.
More than 1.5 billion people — almost one-fifth of the planet’s population — endured at least one day this year when the heat index topped 103 degrees Fahrenheit, the threshold the National Weather Service considers life-threatening.
An offshore wind farm is officially under construction approximately 29 miles off the Virginia Beach coast.
Last week, FERC finalized Order No. 1920 to ensure a reliable grid and require the nation’s transmission providers to plan for the future.
Dominion Energy says it will still move forward with construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project in early May.
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