Environmental groups continue to fight Mountain Valley Pipeline: ‘Too dangerous not to’
The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a brief last week on behalf of The Wilderness Society in an effort to fight the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a brief last week on behalf of The Wilderness Society in an effort to fight the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
VDACS encourages everyone to protect against foodborne illnesses by implementing food safety precautions into Fourth of July celebrations.
Summer is here, and for many, the season is packed full of grilling, boating, driving and more. The State Corporation Commission Bureau of Insurance reminds Virginians to review insurance coverage ahead of any fun in the sun.
While almost everyone has been bitten by a mosquito, some carry germs and infections like West Nile Virus, Zika, dengue and malaria.
Electric bug zappers have gained in popularity, but while these little electrocution stations do kill some adult mosquitoes, many wonder what costs they may bring to ecosystems in general.
Work continues this week on Belmont Bridge July 3-7. However, no work is scheduled on Tuesday, July 4, in observance of the holiday.
Virginia DEQ has worked out an approach to splitting the difference between economic development and protecting wetlands and streams in light of the Trump Supreme Court decision in Sackett vs. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office is reminding Virginians ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend to leave fireworks to the professionals.
Virginia’s Natural Bridge is now owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia according to the deed recorded in Lexington in June.
The partisan right-wing majority on the bench gutted voting rights, opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate money in our elections, struck down gun safety laws, and limited the government’s ability to protect our air and water.
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