Two deceased whales, two days: First necropsy complete; mammal buried deep in sand
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Two whales have washed up in the Virginia Beach area in recent days – one along the oceanfront near 25th Street and one in Sandbridge.
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Climate and Energy News Roundup: January 2024
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Leading scientists warn that it’s “becoming inevitable” that countries will miss the ambitious target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius that they set eight years ago at the Paris Climate Agreement.
Climate, energy news roundup: Stories of interest on the environmental front
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A new study by legendary climate scientist James Hansen and his colleagues has found that global warming is accelerating faster than anticipated.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: November 2023
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Recent research indicates that accelerated ice melt in west Antarctica is inevitable for the rest of the century.
Roddy Scheer: Has the Biden administration had success pushing wind power?
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In 2021, President Biden pledged to cut U.S. fossil fuel emissions by 50 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, promising to build 30,000 megawatts of offshore wind by then, enough to power 10 million homes.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: What’s making news in the environment
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A UN climate report card on progress since the 2015 Paris Agreement says countries are trying, but urgently need to improve their efforts.
Ship repair company to invest $8.5M in expansion of Norfolk operations
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A full-service ship repair and industrial services provider will invest $8.5 million to expand operations in Norfolk.
Virginia, East Coast likely to feel effects of Category 5 Hurricane Lee next week
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Hurricane Lee has strengthened to a Category 5 with 165 mph winds, and the intense storm will eventually track toward the United States.
The Fukushima tragedy resurfaces
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Just as all Americans remember 9/11, Japanese remember 3/11, the day in 2011 that an earthquake and tsunami overwhelmed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
Public Citizen brings attention to ‘poison pill’ amendments in congressional bills
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We use the term “poison pill” to refer to amendments to legislation intended by the person introducing it to turn supporters of the bigger piece of legislation against it.
