Virginia - Environmental Problems and Protection

Every Sunday night I drag our big, blue recycle bin to the curb for an early Monday morning pick up. Since we had to separate our regular garbage from the recyclable items, I bought another garbage can for the kitchen, and taught ...

On March 27th Citizens for Sludge-Free Land notified the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and US EPA Region 3 that information provided to Virginia landowners about using sewage sludges as fertilizer is deceptive. Land application permits are being granted in several Virginia ...

Editor's Note -- On April 1, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency released new guidelines on mountaintop mining. Some Ansted residents support the project, but in a twist of local history, many people, former miners included, oppose it, making the town an improbable ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and several state officials on Tuesday announced a renewed effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, a once-productive waterway that has seen its crab and oyster populations plunge during decades of failed restoration attempts.Maryland, Virginia and ...

Apparently yes, according to Virginia's Oak Hall Cap & Gown, whose web site I was looking at for an entirely different reason, at least 10,000 kindergartens and preschools hold formal graduation ceremonies complete with mortarboards, gowns, Mother Goose diplomas and special commemorative ...

EPA objects to 3 more surface mining permits, tells Corps they would violate Clean Water ActThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is objecting to three more Appalachian surface mining permits, saying the operations would cause unacceptable damage.The agency recently asked the Army Corps ...

RICHMOND - Electricity customers would save money and thousands of new jobs would be generated if power companies spent more on energy efficiency, a study says. "Energy efficiency is the cleanest, cheapest and quickest way to meet our electricity needs," said Tom ...

Editor's Note -- On April 1, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency released new guidelines on mountaintop mining. Some Ansted residents support the project, but in a twist of local history, many people, former miners included, oppose it, making the town an improbable ...

Philip Morris uses man-made wetlands to filter wastewater from Virginia plantIt started with the gnats. "It is kind of neat this whole cycle that happens," said Ty Murray, director of environmental compliance for Philip Morris' parent company, Altria Group Inc. "One group ...

Few invasive species play their threatening parts with as much panache as the northern snakehead. With its toothy mug, scaly head, predatory nature and decidedly unfishlike need to breathe air, this interloper from the waters of eastern Asia made headlines as "Frankenfish" ...

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Virginia Farmers Deceived About Sewage Sludge Safety

Mining the Mountains

Obama, states vow improved Chesapeake Bay cleanup

Preschool Caps & Gowns? Kindergarten Class Rings??

EPA objects to 3 more surface coal mining permits

Study Cites Impact of Efficiency

Mining the Mountain

Philip Morris wetlands filter wastewater

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