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Many people spend their weekends looking at houses. Some are in the market to buy. Others are just nosey, but recently Virginians toured a new building…
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There's been lots of reporting on the decline of coral reefs in tropical seas. Now comes word that we have coral right off the coast of Virginia -- an…
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American Chestnut trees used make up twenty-five percent of the Appalachian forest. A blight, in the early 1900s changed that, and today they’re all but…
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This week the U-S Senate is expected to have a debate on a bill that would modernize the federal government's use of energy, but it could get derailed by…
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Critics say Virginia lags behind neighboring states in the development of wind and solar power, in part because lawmakers are influenced by two monopolies…
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Despite concerns about climate change, Virginia’s largest electric utility still generates more than half of its electricity from fossil fuels, and by…
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According to Virginia Dominion Power the average monthly residential electric bill in the state is $119.82 a month. With the deep temperatures of winter…
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The European Union is pushing member states to go green -- offering incentives and requiring that utilities cut their carbon emissions and increase their…
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Southwestern Virginia is home to one of the most botanically diverse forests in the temperate world....where roughly 7 out of every 10 acres here is…
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It’s that time of year when a gardener’s thoughts turn to the coming frost. In most of Virginia, that’s sometime around mid-October. Many can't resist…