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Daily Progress, December 4, 2008
"The Lawn will be a bit greener when it lights up tonight for the holidays.
In years past, incandescent bulbs have illuminated the University of Virginia’s historic centerpiece, but this year they’ve been replaced with more energy-efficient LED bulbs.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, December 2, 2008
"Where tobacco once formed the foundation of the economies in Southside and parts of Southwest Virginia, the cash crop of the future could turn out to be energy research.
Using $32 million wrung from tobacco companies a decade ago, the communities of Lynchburg, Danville, South Boston and Abingdon are preparing to build four energy-research centers where scientists from Virginia Tech, other institutions and private businesses could work to find solutions to the nation’s, and world’s, energy problems.
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Daily Progress, November 28, 2008
"It’s no secret that, after having received 12 awards just this year for its efforts, Charlottesville is hooked on green building.
But despite the environmental accolades, “there’s going to be a lot of work ahead of us,” Kristel Riddervold, the city’s environmental administrator, said at a recent event to celebrate the city’s prizes for sustainability.
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Washington Post, November 29, 2008
"Despite opposition from the General Assembly, a state commission will study whether more than 60,000 tons of uranium can be safely mined in rural south-central Virginia in what is thought to be the nation’s largest undeveloped uranium deposit.
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Daily Progress, November 28, 2008
"It’s no secret that, after having received 12 awards just this year for its efforts, Charlottesville is hooked on green building.
But despite the environmental accolades, “there’s going to be a lot of work ahead of us,” Kristel Riddervold, the city’s environmental administrator, said at a recent event to celebrate the city’s prizes for sustainability.
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Washington Post, November 29, 2008
"Despite opposition from the General Assembly, a state commission will study whether more than 60,000 tons of uranium can be safely mined in rural south-central Virginia in what is thought to be the nation’s largest undeveloped uranium deposit.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent, December 2, 2008
"Where tobacco once formed the foundation of the economies in Southside and parts of Southwest Virginia, the cash crop of the future could turn out to be energy research.
Using $32 million wrung from tobacco companies a decade ago, the communities of Lynchburg, Danville, South Boston and Abingdon are preparing to build four energy-research centers where scientists from Virginia Tech, other institutions and private businesses could work to find solutions to the nation’s, and world’s, energy problems.
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Washington Post, November 11, 2008
"Maryland regulators have ordered the state’s electric utilities to come up with proposals by Dec. 1 to conserve power to prevent the rolling blackouts that customers could face by 2011...In an order issued last week, the commission expressed doubt that transmission lines planned through and around Maryland will be ready by 2011 to carry more electricity to the state. Regulators in Virginia and West Virginia have given their blessing to a 250-mile power line proposed through rural Northern Virginia, but the project has not been approved by Pennsylvania officials, who could scuttle it."
WTOP, November 11, 2008
"A new warning and a new president are renewing the debate over power supply across the Washington region...Robert Lazaro, from Virginia-based Piedmont Environmental Council, wants local leaders to do more planning together.
"Putting small power plants where they are needed so when there is a spike in local demand these plants can be turned on and provide power within the existing grid." "
Washington Post, November 13, 2008
"With 1.6 million new residents and nearly as many new jobs projected for the Washington region in the next two decades, local officials are struggling to cope with already polluted air and water and still absorb expected growth.Yesterday, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, a consortium of local officials from the District, Maryland and Virginia, outlined an ambitious blueprint for doing just that."
Daily Progress, November 13, 2008
"The Bush administration is moving ahead with efforts to lease the waters off Virginia’s coast to companies interested in drilling for oil and natural gas, despite calls from environmentalists that the plan should wait for the new president to take office."
Winchester Star, October 21, 2008
"With the Nov. 4 election approaching, The Winchester Star has asked a series of questions to each of the three candidates for the 10th District seat in the House of Representatives. ...This week’s question:
“What alternatives should be explored so that energy issues do not crush personal budgets or the U.S. economy?”
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Daily Progress, October 22, 2008
"A survey released Tuesday shows three out of four Virginians feel the Earth’s climate has grown warmer in the last 40 years.
The results came as part of a panel discussion on climate change at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs and is, according to officials, the first gauge of Virginians’ attitudes toward climate change.
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Winchester Star, October 23, 2008
"Winchester — The city government was named by the Virginia Municipal League as a “Green Government.”
The city was one of dozens of localities that participated in VML’s 2008 Green Government Challenge.
Forty-one localities participated in the challenge. Twenty-six received enough points during the competition to achieve “Green Government” certification on Monday.
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