Climate, energy news roundup: What’s making news with the environment
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The World Meteorological Organization warns that record-hot global temperatures in recent years are just the start of the kind of heat we’re headed toward.
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June Ivy Talk to focus on African American cemeteries in Central Virginia
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The June Ivy Talk will focus on African American cemeteries in Central Virginia as well as information crucial to the stories of the Black families who lived and worked in the area for hundreds of years.
Remembering Americans: Parents mourn hero son killed in Vietnam in 1968
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In all, 58,222 Americans died during a futile war that began in 1959 when the first U.S. soldiers were killed during a guerrilla raid on their quarters near Saigon; the war ended ignominiously in 1975.
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.
Digging it: President Wilson’s birthplace hosts archaeology field school with JMU
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library is hosting a James Madison University archaeology field school through June 24.
Teams from Virginia schools place in international Plant the Moon Challenge
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Manassas Park Middle School in Manassas, Virginia was awarded Best Overall Middle School in the international Plant the Moon Challenge.
‘Continued appetite for the outdoors’: Boating industry sees economic boom
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As Americans prioritize outside activities, mental health and time with family and friends post-pandemic, it should be no surprise that recreational boating is on the rise.
Virginia: Limited houses on the market means competitive process for buyers
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Typically, home listings pick up in March and April in the spring, but according to Virginia REALTORS®, fewer sellers are listing their homes across Virginia.
Standard poodle named Tootsie defies odds to return home after wobbler syndrome diagnosis
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A standard poodle named Tootsie is finally home with her owners after being diagnosed with a condition known as wobbler syndrome.
Summertime means part-time jobs for America’s youth: Where are the best places?
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Summer is almost here and a labor shortage keeps employers looking to hire in the United States. WalletHub’s report can help.
