Climate and Energy News Roundup: October 2025
About 20 people joined the sustainable farm event organized by Shenandoah Valley Faith & Climate on Saturday, Sept. 20.
About 20 people joined the sustainable farm event organized by Shenandoah Valley Faith & Climate on Saturday, Sept. 20.
James Madison University revealed its new electric “Gus Bus” that provides books, tutoring, and mobile classrooms to elementary schools throughout Harrisonburg.
Virginia solar installers are bracing for the rollback of the federal rooftop solar tax credit and a potential decision from state regulators to allow Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy to reduce net metering rates.
Clean energy generation—or energy generation without the output of harmful greenhouse gases—has become an increasingly hot topic in today’s race for productivity and the growing global emphasis on eco-consciousness.
When it comes to energy planning, China and the U.S. are moving in opposite directions, the New York Times reported on July 1.
The House energy coalition calls the “Big, Beautiful Bill” the “Big, Ugly Blackout Bill” because it will destroy American energy security.
Jeff Heie, the founder and director of the local nonprofit GiveSolar, received a Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions 2025 Sustainability Champions Award.
Work has begun on the installation of a 262.9 kW solar photovoltaic rooftop array at the Charlottesville Area Technical Education Center that will account for more than 60 percent of the building’s energy consumption.
Local Climate News The Vine & Fig Educational Outreach program, called the “The Fresh Veggie Series,” purchases fresh local food from regenerative farms. They deliver the veggies and educational materials each week through five partner farms and 30 regional networks like health clinics, after school youth programming, and section 8 housing locations. The Rockingham County…
House Republicans voted for polluting corporations and against clean energy tax credits and America’s manufacturing sector Wednesday night.
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