
Climate Action Alliance of the Valley: Climate and Energy News Roundup
Countries racing to replace Russian oil, gas and coal with their own dirty energy are making matters worse, warns United Nations secretary general António Guterres.

Countries racing to replace Russian oil, gas and coal with their own dirty energy are making matters worse, warns United Nations secretary general António Guterres.

Life expectancy in the United States decreased during 2020 as a result of the pandemic. Now, a new study shows for the first time that life expectancy continued to decline even further in 2021.

According to the latest research, police violence kills three people a day. Despite all of this, President Biden wants to throw more money at America’s police forces.

Virginia Tech researchers have discovered that key parts of the global carbon cycle used to track movement of carbon dioxide in the environment are not correct, which could significantly alter conventional carbon cycle models.

Norfolk Southern Corporation has donated the complete collection of historical documents and archives from predecessor company Norfolk and Western Railway to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

Legislation to improve programs providing care and treatment for adult mental health, suicide prevention and substance abuse was a subject of a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing.

An outpatient addiction treatment program serving thousands of patients in the Mid-Atlantic has opened an outpatient addiction treatment center in Winchester.

The Biden administration announced Tuesday steps it is going to take to help respond to Long COVID, including key efforts first proposed by Sen. Tim Kaine in his Comprehensive Access to Resources and Education (CARE) for Long COVID Act.

A 20-year expert in managing affordable housing programs with detailed experience and knowledge of Harrisonburg’s housing situation, Liz Webb is excited to take the reigns as the City of Harrisonburg’s first housing coordinator.

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA-08), author of the bipartisan COVID Long Haulers Act and one of the leading advocates in Congress for Americans suffering from Long COVID, issued the following statement on President Biden’s Presidential Memorandum on Long COVID.