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Dominion informs NRC of intent to seek second license renewal for Surry Power Station

Published date: November 6, 2015 | 1:12 pm

Dominion Virginia Power, a unit of Dominion, today became the first U.S utility to notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its intent to file a second license renewal application for one of its nuclear stations. Surry Power Station would be one of the first nuclear stations in the nation to receive a second license extension if Dominion completes the process and the application is approved.

Wild Virginia: FERC rejects Atlantic Coast Pipeline soil testing data

Chris Graham

Published date: November 6, 2015 | 1:07 pm

Updated: May 27, 2025 | 8:39 pm

In a 23-page letter dated November 5, 2015 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Clyde Thompson, Forest Supervisor of the Monongahela National Forest, requested that FERC reject all soil testing data generated by Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC in the George Washington National Forest in Virginia and the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.

Earth Talk: Is recycling still worthwhile given the expense and emissions associated with it?

Roddy Scheer

Published date: November 5, 2015 | 7:45 pm

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:37 pm

Americans generate about 254 million tons of trash and recycle and compost about 87 million tons of this material, which adds up to a 34.3 percent national recycling rate.

Governor McAuliffe issues gag order to state agencies on natural gas pipelines

Contributors

Published date: November 5, 2015 | 4:43 pm

On Tuesday, The Roanoke Times reported that the decision to share pipeline comments with the governor’s office before making them public was one outcome of an Oct. 28 meeting in Richmond that included representatives from 13 state agencies involved in the permitting process or mitigation efforts for the proposed pipelines. The Times reported the purpose of coordinating with the Governor’s office was to “ensure that state agencies will speak about the pipeline projects in the same way.”

NRDC welcomes Virginia’s defense of Clean Power Plan

Contributors

Published date: November 4, 2015 | 6:40 pm

The Natural Resources Defense Council today expressed strong support for Virginia and its attorney general, Mark Herring, for joining a coordinated effort to protect the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan from legal attacks by carbon intensive special interests.

Virginia joins multi-state coalition supporting economic, environmental and health benefits of clean air

Chris Graham

Published date: November 4, 2015 | 6:35 pm

Updated: May 27, 2025 | 8:39 pm

Attorney General Mark Herring announced today that Virginia will join a coalition of seventeen other states and seven major municipalities taking legal action to support the Clean Power Plan, a national pollution-reduction strategy that will combat the impact of climate change on Virginia’s economy, coastal communities, the military, agriculture and forestry industry, and the health of Virginians.

Presidential memorandum gives preference to mitigation, conservation banks

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Published date: November 4, 2015 | 8:19 am

Updated: October 26, 2025 | 8:12 pm

The White House released a Presidential Memorandum Tuesday that mandates federal agencies to give preference to advance compensation mechanisms that are likely to achieve environmental performance standards prior to any adverse impacts. In other words, mitigation and conservation banks should be the first choice.

Conservation groups weigh in to preserve ban on uranium mining in Virginia

Contributors

Published date: November 3, 2015 | 4:53 pm

The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a brief yesterday on behalf of Roanoke River Basin Association and Dan River Basin Association that weighs in on an industry challenge to Virginia’s 33-year-old statutory ban on uranium mining.

Downtown Crozet streetscape receives recognition from Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance

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Published date: November 3, 2015 | 1:43 pm

Phase 2 of the Downtown Crozet Streetscape project has received honorable mention in the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance’s 2015 Transportation Engineering Awards. This recognition comes nearly a year after the completion of Phase 2 of the Crozet Streetscape project.

My view: Who I’d vote for on Election Day

Chris Graham

Published date: November 2, 2015 | 11:07 pm

Updated: June 23, 2025 | 5:51 pm

We’ve made it a practice here at Augusta Free Press in recent years to forego doing political endorsements, not because we don’t have an opinion on we think should win, because we do, but because we’re not sure of the value of endorsements in this day and age.

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Dominion informs NRC of intent to seek second license renewal for Surry Power Station

Wild Virginia: FERC rejects Atlantic Coast Pipeline soil testing data

Earth Talk: Is recycling still worthwhile given the expense and emissions associated with it?

Governor McAuliffe issues gag order to state agencies on natural gas pipelines

NRDC welcomes Virginia’s defense of Clean Power Plan

Virginia joins multi-state coalition supporting economic, environmental and health benefits of clean air

Presidential memorandum gives preference to mitigation, conservation banks

Conservation groups weigh in to preserve ban on uranium mining in Virginia

Downtown Crozet streetscape receives recognition from Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance

My view: Who I’d vote for on Election Day

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