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When it comes to outside conditions, you might wonder how much of what we experience each day is due to climate change. After all, Virginia has always had heat waves and cold spells. Now, a research center in New Jersey says it’s found a way to calculate the likelihood that high day and nighttime temperatures are the result of global warming.
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For centuries, most of Virginia was covered with trees, but as farmers developed the land, meadowlarks, bobolinks, Bob Whites, red-winged blackbirds, grasshopper and Savannah sparrows were tempted to build nests here.
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When state regulators approve a permit for a pig farm or a power plant, what kind of information should they be looking at?
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Ramps are so sought after that restaurants and foragers alike do their best keep their source secret.
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Even though legislators are in a special session, they’re not all in Richmond trying to resolve budget differences. Instead they’re leaving it to a select group of negotiators. Environmental dollars are one disagreement they are attempting to resolve.
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House Majority Leader Terry Kilgore has a bill that would prohibit local governments from denying building permits because the developer wants to use natural gas.
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Being the EPA chief for Donald Trump isn't really the best resume for Senate Democrats, who are hoping to reject Governor Glenn Youngkin's pick for running his administration's environmental policy. That created a sense of tension when Andrew Wheeler testified before a Senate panel that makes environmental laws.
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The Biden Administration’s Build Back Better bill won approval in the House and is now awaiting a vote in the senate. It will provide money for bridge and road construction, and it could also benefit wildlife here in Virginia.
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Restoring the population of native oysters to the Chesapeake Bay began with an executive order by President Obama in 2009.This week, Governor Ralph Northam gathered with a small group at a rural marina to mark a milestone.
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More than two dozen children skipped school in Charlottesville today Friday to show their support for more local efforts to address climate change.