U.S. House passes legislation to allow whole milk in public school cafeterias again
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The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act is bipartisan legislation that would allow flavored and unflavored whole milk in participating schools.
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Explainer: What is a ‘biosolids land application’, and what about that one in Augusta County?
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A reader who regularly drives Route 254 from Staunton to Waynesboro noticed a sign a couple of months ago advertising a something called a “biosolids land application.”
‘Great news for the Commonwealth’: Feds to provide $1M for Virginia rail system
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The USDOT Federal Rail Administration’s Corridor Identification and Development Program awarded grants to support two Virginia rails.
DEQ reports Shenandoah Valley, Blue Ridge have ‘exceptional dryness’ despite recent rain
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has expanded a drought watch advisory to include 64 counties.
Virginia zoo may not survive after 89 living, 28 deceased animals seized in investigation
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The Natural Bridge Zoo in Rockbridge County may close its doors permanently after 89 living animals and 28 deceased animals were seized from the facility last week.
Albemarle County government names Michael Barnes as new Director of Planning
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Albemarle County government has hired Michael Barnes to serve as the Director of Planning.
Maryland moves to curb striped bass fishing in spring spawning season
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Spurred by slumping striped bass reproduction in Maryland waters, the state Department of Natural Resources is moving to curtail fishing for the popular migratory species during its spawning run next spring.
Roddy Scheer: How do enhanced geothermal power plants differ from regular geothermal?
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Geothermal energy is energy derived from the natural heat beneath the Earth’s surface. The word geothermal comes from the Greek “geo” (for earth) and “therme” (heat).
Roddy Scheer: War is horrible, and it is no less so for the environment
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What sort of environmental toll are the major military conflicts going on around the world now taking?
Tom H. Hastings: Guerrilla war in cities and other evolutionary missteps
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The Nuclear Freeze resolution, backed by most US citizens in the 1982 elections, called for the immediate freeze of all research, production, and deployment of any new nuclear weapons.
