The business case for the carbon tax
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An economy wide carbon tax would, far from being a burden, be economically beneficial for the United States in the long run. It’s time for Congress to create one.
Search Results for solar energy
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Strange bedfellows in climate marches
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It is hard to see how rallies focused on the unrealistic goal of ‘stopping climate change’ benefits nurses, anti-poverty activists, and wildlife campaigners.
Dominion asks State Corporation Commission to approve Greensville power station
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Dominion Virginia Power has asked the Virginia State Corporate Commission (SCC) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to build a $1.3 billion state-of-the-art natural gas-fired power station in Greensville County.
Could indoor farms be oases in food deserts?
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Inside a 100-year-old former YMCA, researchers from Virginia State University are discovering which techniques for indoor farms work best in an urban environment—and hoping to help reduce the problem of food deserts in American cities.
UVA seeks to slash electric demand in one-hour emergency drill
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The University of Virginia will seek to reduce by 12 megawatts the electricity it draws from the power grid for one hour on Thursday, as part of an effort to be prepared for an “energy emergency.”
Senior apartments in Richmond reduce carbon footprints
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Scores of Richmond residents converged in Churchill Wednesday to learn about energy efficiency while touring Better Housing Coalition’s Somanath Seniors Apartments and Lofts at Beckstoffer’s, a local EarthCraft™-certified multi-residential property.
Letter from the overaggressive volunteer on climate change
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I wrote a letter to this newspaper recently pointing out that Harris’ climate change denial pseudoscience is clandestinely funded by fossil fuel corporations.
W&L President Kenneth P. Ruscio to step down in 2016
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Kenneth P. Ruscio will step down as Washington and Lee University’s president on June 30, 2016.
Obama misleads cadets on climate change
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President Barack Obama’s approach to climate change is based on an acceptance of the conclusions of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Perhaps the most widely cited of these conclusions are those of the 2013 IPCC report which stated:
Friends of Nelson asks Dominion Board of Directors, stockholders to drop plans for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
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On Wednesday morning, on the steps outside the Dominion Resources Board of Directors and Shareholders Meeting, Friends of Nelson will ask that Dominion drop its plans to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
