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  • Leader of the Month – May 2025

    Leader of the Month – May 2025

    Dreame Boyd - Richmond Chapter Dreame is an active and contributing member to the Richmond Chapter and the statewide Housing Strategy Committee. She has participated in several wor ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Preserve Giles County

    Featured Community Partner | Preserve Giles County

    This month, we are highlighting the Preserve Giles County as our Featured Partner. This article is a repost from September 2022. Preserve Giles County is currently involved with op ...

  • Leader of the Month – April 2025

    Leader of the Month – April 2025

    Terry "Bean" White - Norfolk Chapter Bean has been a member of the Norfolk Chapter for close to a decade, and has been a valuable participant in our local and statewide work. He fi ...

  • Leader of the Month – March 2025

    Leader of the Month – March 2025

    Kimberly Dyke-Harsley - Lynchburg Chapter Kimberly has been a wonderful contributing leader in the Lynchburg Chapter. Her involvement with VO has included giving the chapter accomp ...

American Climate Views Propel New Energy Ethic

American Climate Views Propel New Energy Ethic

This blog originally appeared in The Huffington Post on October 16, 2015. More than seven in 10 Americans now believe in climate change, up from just over half in 2010, according ...

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EPA May Be Sued Over Failure to Regulate Oil and Gas Waste

EPA May Be Sued Over Failure to Regulate Oil and Gas Waste

Originally published in Public News Service. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has largely failed to regulate waste from oil and gas drilling, even though the agency admit ...

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A Flood of Voices

A Flood of Voices

Virginia Organizing, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and the Sierra Club of Virginia have teamed up to raise awareness about the flooding in the South Hampton Roads area. South ...

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Environmental Justice and Jobs

Environmental Justice and Jobs

The creation of more jobs seems to be a major incentive the oil industries offer to convince people to allow such projects as offshore oil drilling, the Atlantic Coast pipeline, f ...

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Caring for our Earth with Technology

Caring for our Earth with Technology

Some people argue that wind turbines are not acceptable because a number of birds are killed by them. Unfortunately, wind power does have that disadvantage at the present time, th ...

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Tougher Pollution Rules Affect Low-Income Neighborhoods Differently

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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Addressing Climate Change with Urgency

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

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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Clean power plan should ease Virginia electric bills

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

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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