The Magnificent Monarch
The Monarch Butterfly—how magnificent! For such a small and almost weightless creature, the Monarch Butterfly has tremendous energy and endurance. Year after year, they travel abo ...
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Charlottesville Office Installed Solar Panels!
The solar panels are installed! Once the job is inspected, and the power company changes the meter, we will be producing our own power--with the help of the sun! We want to send o ...
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45 years of Earth Day!
With each passing year more and more attention is being directed to our Earth and Her wellbeing. Vital progress has been made in the last 15 years, but there is much more work to ...
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Why we need to curb carbon emissions
An increasing number of environmentalists seem to be trying to convince us that "The sky is falling!" (like the saying from the story of Chicken Little) when they stress the dire ...
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Water Conservation Tips
March 22nd was World Water Day, an increasingly popular day to celebrate and give us pause to consider our water use and conservation efforts. Water is a precious and limited reso ...
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Resistance Among Landowners to Pipeline Routes Spreads
Originally posted by the Public News Service on March 24, 2015. RICHMOND, Va. - Huge pipelines intended to carry Marcellus and Utica natural gas to eastern markets are running int ...
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South Hampton Roads Community to Gather to Talk Climate Change, Flooding in Area
What: ‘A Flood of Voices’ storytelling and climate change discussion When: Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. Where: Union United Church of Christ (877 Goff Street, Norfolk, VA 23504) S ...
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Do you ‘top off’ your gas tank?
Climate change necessitates that each of us work at reducing our carbon footprint (the amount of carbon dioxide we emit into the atmosphere by our actions and lifestyle). One way ...
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Environmental Justice: Plastic is Everywhere
Plastic has become so prevalent that it is sometimes found in the food we eat. Learning these facts can be disturbing! Plastic waste has ended up in our oceans, affected marine sp ...
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Our view: No refunds for you, bud
Roanoke Times Editorial February 12, 2015 After 10 long years of war, the people of besieged Troy looked out over the walls one morning to find the Greek army gone. Instead, there ...
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