Climate and Energy News Roundup: June 2024
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From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere in the past month.
Search Results for solar energy
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Augusta County supervisors, planners rightly limit solar power plants
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Augusta County’s invaluable and irreplaceable assets — its rural character, rich farmland and scenic beauty — are in danger of being sacrificed in pursuit of the pipedream that is electricity from solar power plants, much of which is for use elsewhere.
Stories welcome: Shuttered Staunton Mall ‘wake’ to be held at SolArt Center
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Area residents are invited to bring their memories of Staunton Mall to SolArt Center the evening of Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. for a “wake.”
Letter: Augusta County needs to embrace the future by voting yes to solar farms
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As a resident in Augusta County, I am very concerned about the restrictive way Augusta County government is responding to the real threat of protecting our environment.
Notebook: The latest in what’s making news in climate, energy, the environment
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The ocean has been breaking temperature records every day for more than a year by wide margins.
Could plain-ol’ beach sand be the next frontier in renewable energy?
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In our ongoing quest for sustainable energy solutions, innovative technologies are necessary to complement renewable sources like solar and wind power.
First shared solar projects in Virginia include two in Augusta County
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The first five shared solar projects in Virginia history are operating and providing low-cost clean energy to low-income customers.
New Virginia law legalizes third-party rooftop solar leasing
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The Virginia General Assembly officially passed legislation to allow rooftop solar leasing with a third-party in Virginia.
House energy coalition celebrates finalization of Biden’s National Environmental Policy Act
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President Joe Biden’s White House Council on Environmental Quality finalized NEPA regulations that advance climate and environmental justice.
Virginia’s $156M solar grant funding part of Biden’s promise for ‘no community is left behind’
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The historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund has made possible the $156 million awarded to low-income Virginians.
