Climate Action Alliance of the Valley News Roundup: March 2025
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It is still not clear how the Trump administration’s move to freeze federal grants might affect Harrisonburg.
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How do environmentalists feel about RFK Jr.’s oversight of health?
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When Time named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. one of its early 2000s “Heroes for the Planet,” the outspoken lawyer was a clear choice for the honor, having gained fame during his fight to protect New York City’s water supply.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: February 2025
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Because of the growth of power-hungry data centers, Virginia now imports more electricity than any other state. The electricity imported from neighboring states is both more expensive and more dependent on fossil fuels.
Update: Jason Miyares spokesman offers ‘no comment’ on possible Trump freeze review
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Shaun Kenney, the director of communications for Attorney General Jason Miyares, wrote me within a few minutes of the story hitting the interwebs to suggest a retraction to our article on the Office of the AG’s response to the Donald Trump funding freeze executive order.
Alon Ben-Meir: Addressing climate change strengthens economic growth
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The sweeping wildfires in Los Angeles are just another horrific manifestation of the rapidly increasing and deadly effects of climate change.
Tim Kaine on Trump effort to end birthright citizenship: ‘No legal basis’
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Donald Trump, who is married to an immigrant, and fathered children with another, seems to think he can end birthright citizenship by waving a magic wand. U.S. Sen Tim Kaine, D-Va., is leading the charge to call BS.
Outer Banks: Humpback whale washes ashore in Kitty Hawk; no obvious cause of death
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A dead humpback whale has washed ashore in Kitty Hawk near the Bennett Street beach access at milepost two in the Outer Banks.
Blue Ridge Parkway receives National Historic Landmark designation
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The Blue Ridge Parkway has been designated as a National Historic Landmark, one of 19 new sites named this week.
Earl Zimmerman: Climate and Energy News Roundup – December 2024
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A Circuit Court judge has ruled that Gov. Youngkin’s effort to administratively withdraw Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was illegal “and therefore void as a matter of law.”
Black Heart, first North Atlantic right whale of calving season, sighted in North Carolina
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The first North Atlantic right whale of the 2024-25 calving season was sighted in the Southeast United States on Wednesday.
