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Virginia: Pipelines & Compressor Station
The following articles discuss the compressor station being built in a historic black community and the actions to stop the newest pipeline in Virginia.
Panel to take closely watched vote on pipeline station
All eyes on natural gas compressor vote Monday
Promises Broken: Governor Northam’s […]
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Bad News for Governor Northam- Pipeline Opposition Is NOT Going Away!
This article discusses Bad News for Governor Northam – Pipeline Opposition Is NOT Going Away!
By saying he did not have a position on the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines over the months since his election and while a candidate, Governor Northam apparently thought that if he sat tight long […]
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As public hearing looms, questions remain about Spotsylvania solar farm proposal
This article discusses reaction from local residents about the Spotsylvania solar farm proposal.
A proposed 500-megawatt power facility that would pepper a 10-square-mile rural area in western Spotsylvania County with 1.8 million solar panels is the largest such proposal in the country.
The proposed solar facility also is a big deal for […]
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Climate Science Blockbuster: Can Virginia Pass the Big Test?
This article discusses whether Virginia can prepare itself for global warming. It is written by Mike Tidwell, director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. He suggests things that we need to do.
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Report: Floods, fires and rising seas: how Virginia will feel climate change
This article discusses how Virginia will feel climate change – floods, fires and rising seas.
Climate change isn’t just about extreme heat waves in distant future decades, or melting glaciers far away from the neighborhoods, forests and farms of Virginia.
Storms are dropping heavier rainfall, summer nights aren’t cooling off as much, […]
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Amazon will need even more energy in Virginia. Will they make it clean?
This article discusses Amazon’s need for even more energy in Virginia. But will they make it clean?
Amazon Web Services jump-started the utility solar industry in Virginia in 2015, when it announced plans for its first solar farm in Accomack County. Three years later, Amazon remains (for now) the biggest […]
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Trump administration report: Hampton Roads facing more flooding, economic losses and bad news
This article discusses how Hampton Roads, Virginia, is facing more flooding, economic losses and bad news because of climate change.
The region will face increasingly frequent flooding, steep economic losses, worse traffic and serious risks to human health because of climate change, according to a new national report.
The […]
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Spotsylvania residents push back against proposed solar farm
This article discusses why Spotsylvania residents are pushing back against proposed solar farm.
Almost all of the more than 100 residents had come to talk about the proposal for a massive solar facility in the western part of the county, not far from the school. Many attendees wore red shirts or […]
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For the Gullah Geechee, sea-level rise is already a fact of life
This article discusses, how, for the Gullah Geechee, sea-level rise is already a fact of life. Higher tides and storm waves have flooded croplands and damaged fisheries.
The coastal plains and sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia are home to the Gullah Geechee people, descendants of slaves who once […]
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An Evacuation in North Carolina, and the Danger of Climate Disasters for an Aging Population
This article discusses an evacuation in North Carolina, and the Danger of Climate Disasters for an Aging Population.
Last month, Charlie Trefzger, the C.E.O. of Affinity Living Group, which bills itself as the ninth-largest provider of assisted living in the United States, gave an interview to the trade magazine Senior Housing News, […]
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