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Virginians tired of the cold weather may already be dreaming of summer plans—days on the beach, swimming, fishing, kayaking, jet skiing, or canoeing on…
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Environmentalists are glad to see Dominion Power shutting down coal burning power plants, but they want the utility to do something about the waste left…
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While some high school kids are playing video games or watching movies on their cell phones, eight students from Charlottesville are trying to solve a…
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The Radford Army Ammunitions Plant opened in the 1940s, making arms and propellants for the military and creating jobs in the region.When it was built,…
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There’s no argument about the fact that any amount of lead in drinking water is unsafe. No matter how much, it’s too much, of this potent neurotoxin. But…
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Analyzing water is a complicated business. It can contain any number of pollutants and require a variety of regulations to clean it up, but the state of…
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Scientists at Virginia Tech say a chemical that contaminated the Elk River in West Virginia early this year, is more complex than previously known. A new…
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We’ve told you about a coal ash spill in Eden, North Carolina that’s worked its way into the Dan River in Danville. Officials with Duke Energy, the…
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The federal law protecting endangered species turned forty in 2013. And that calls for taking stock of how it’s been working. Fresh Water mussels are at…
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December 2013 marked the 40th Birthday of the US Endangered Species Act …and in the decades since, many people have been working to get threatened species…