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The Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (CICV) has hired a veteran attorney, environmental advocate, renewable energy leader, and former educator as project manager for the Solar Market Pathways grant recently awarded to CICV by the U.S. Department of Energy Sunshot Initiative.
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The policy gulf between the development and environmental communities might not at first seem obvious but occasionally our interests travel on different trajectories. The compelling need to provide energy to the estimated 1.2 billion people who do not have access to electricity crashes into the reality of the climate change consequences of providing that energy from coal and fossil fuels.
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Earlier this year the Obama administration proposed opening up a huge swath of the Atlantic coast to offshore drilling. On the five-year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, Environment Virginia called on the president to protect Virginia’s coastal marine-life, communities and economy.
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
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From supporting the preparation of the next generation of professors and school leaders to providing a platform for collaborative research at micro and nano scales, the Jefferson Trust, an initiative of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, awarded 14 grants totaling more than $600,000 to various University entities Friday.
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The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper VDOT District during the upcoming week.
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Yogaville Environmental Solutions (YES), a new undertaking by Yogaville to educate about and advocate for sustainable energy policies, is cosponsoring with Friends of Buckingham two events on Sunday, April 19, to discuss the Atlantic Coast Pipeline proposal and its impact on Buckingham County, including the impact of a planned compressor station near Route 56. , with an announcement of its long-term and short-term goals.
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Rural folk from four Northern California counties came in mid-April to a magical juncture where the life-giving Russian River empties into the majestic Pacific Ocean. Though the small, unincorporated village of Jenner is a popular recreational destination, pleasure was not the intention.
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The April performance of the River City Radio Hour seeks to spread the joy of the spring season with a selection of its favorite musicians and a new voice thrown in.
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“It’s bad enough to be creating more profit incentive for war,” I told former head of Blackwater Erik Prince, “but you recycle part of the profits as bribes for more war in the form of so-called campaign contributions.”
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