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.
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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.
You hear a lot about shark sightings and attacks: Does this mean that sharks are more abundant than ever?
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It’s tough to accurately document shark sightings, but shark attacks are documented every year.
In the Chesapeake Bay, summertime striped bass fishing is in hot water
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Chesapeake Bay anglers are facing a stark future — a future in which summertime fishing for striped bass, once a hallmark of Bay fishing, may become a distant memory.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears joins aerospace association leadership team
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The Aerospace States Association (ASA) is an organization of Lieutenant Governors, Governor-appointed delegates and state legislators.
Working with nature: Dredged sediment is key for restoring Chesapeake islands
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It’s August 2019 and heat radiates from the expanse of sunbaked “mud” that covers two-thirds of Swan Island, a once half-drowned 25-acre island at the southern edge of Martin National Wildlife Refuge in the Chesapeake Bay.
$1.5 million in grants awarded to support redevelopment projects in Hampton Roads
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Newport News, Norfolk and Portsmouth will receive $1.5 million to support projects through the Port Host Communities Revitalization Fund.
Speeding boats in Virginia Beach likely cause of deadly right whale strike
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A new analysis from Oceana finds that hundreds of boats were speeding through zones in the Virginia Beach area in the weeks prior to a deadly boat strike.
Climate News Roundup: Sixth warmest January on record in Lower 48
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This January was the warmest on record in seven states, including the entirety of New England.
