Tougher Pollution Rules Affect Low-Income Neighborhoods Differently
The full article and audio file can be found at Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. - Since the Clean Air Act of 1970, America's air has gotten cleaner, but the American Lung Assoc ...
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Roots and Relationships Reclaiming Community Organizing in the Obama Era
This is an excerpt from Building Power, Changing Lives: The Story of Virginia Organizing, available for order by clicking here. The article was first published in the Fall 2015 ed ...
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New BRT must work for everyone
Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Editor, Times-Dispatch: As a bus rider, I was excited to hear about the city’s new Bus Rapid Transit plan. I think the city has the right ...
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Addressing Climate Change with Urgency
How urgent and critical is the climate change issue for Virginia? Before giving an answer I refer to Stephen Nash, a journalist, who conducted intensive research on climate change ...
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Care for our Earth
There are many ways to be an environmentalist. We may be quite diligent in engaging in practices which contribute to our Earth's well-being, while at the same time unknowingly pro ...
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Medicaid at 50: Huge benefits for Virginia’s kids
(Published in Public News Service.) Medicaid turns 50 years old this week, and the impact it's had on the lives of children is being praised, both by advocates and academics. Two ...
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Let’s Ban the Box for Federal Jobs!
Virginia Organizing has organized with other groups across Virginia to “ban the box” in many localities and on state job applications — and we were successful! Now, we have an opp ...
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Clean power plan should ease Virginia electric bills
Published in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. – An Environmental Protection Agency plan to cut carbon pollution should actually save Virginia families money, if meeting the plan ...
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Clean power plan projected to save money for Virginia families
Published in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. - The Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon pollution from power plants should save money for Virgini ...
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Care for our Earth
Probably the simplest way to combat global warming, reduce water consumption and save the rainforests (which amount to being a responsible steward of our Earth) is adopting (to so ...
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