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The decline of the coal industry is poised to have a big impact for decades to come. In regions where it once dominated local economies, for many, things…
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Virginia recently celebrated farm-to-school week, highlighting the connection between farmers around the state and what’s on the tray in the lunch…
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It’s a sad fact that we produce enough food in this country to feed everyone in it, yet hunger remains a problem for many. Virginia Tech is joining the…
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This morning Governor McAuliffe, his chief of Environmental Quality, and the Secretary of Natural Resources traveled from Richmond to the northern tip of…
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This week, Dominion Virginia Power said it still hoped to build a couple of wind turbines off Virginia Beach. The federal government has promised more…
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It took two years for scientists and economists to crunch the numbers based on 40 different climate models, but they’re out this week with a new report…
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This month marks the 90th year the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company's Saltwater Cowboys run their annual pony swim. The wild ponies, whose Spanish…
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When Dominion Virginia Power won the right to lease land offshore for a wind farm, proponents of green energy cheered. But when Dominion put that job out…
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In 1974 the average new home in the U.S. was just shy of 1,700 square feet. By 2014 the average new home size was over 2,600 square feet. Even with that…
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Environmental ethics...it’s the balance between nature and human interaction, and it can be a weighty topic.The Roanoke City School system is among those…