Celebrating 81 Years of Social Security
Dear friends, August 14 was the 81st anniversary of Social Security, one of the most successful programs in our nation’s history. Social Security keeps millions of seniors, surviv ...
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Study: Clean Power Can Lead to Millions in Commercial Energy Savings
Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. - A new study finds that if states implement the Clean Power Plan, energy savings would be greatest in retail and office buildings a ...
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Advisory: Locals, Environmental Groups Raise Concerns Over State Fracking Standards
State protections questioned as industry-funded review gets underway ABINGDON, Virginia – Local residents and community activists will join environmental and social justice groups ...
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McWhorter: Renewables would bring more jobs
Published in The Roanoke Times on August 3, 2016 Re: "Marching on Richmond," July 19 editorial: In that piece, you asked those in support of environmental justice to think about h ...
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Va.’s Bureau of Insurance advises against Anthem-Cigna merger
Published on August 1 by the Richmond Times-Dispatch The State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance last week released a long-awaited analysis of the proposed merger betwe ...
Read More »Johnson: A march for environmental justice
This op-ed was published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch on July 29, 2016 When I moved from Hampton to Newport News in 1999, I was told I was not living in a flood zone. Fast forwa ...
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Roger Chesley: Justices’ smackdown of McAuliffe’s attempts to restore felons’ voting rights isn’t final word
Published by the Virginian-Pilot. I hesitated to call Patricia Skinner on Monday. I didn’t want to further muddle a confusing situation. Skinner, a former felon-turned-health car ...
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Six Hundred Virginians Join ‘March on the Mansion’ to Tell Gov. McAuliffe: Put People Over Polluters on Pipelines, Coal Ash, and Climate Action
Photos are available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chesapeakeclimate/albums/72157670679870341 Contact: Kelly Trout, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, 717-439-0346 (cell), kel ...
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BREAKING: Supreme Disappointment from Virginia’s High Court
Tonight, the Virginia Supreme Court issued a stunning blow to the progress Governor Terry McAuliffe has made on voting rights by ruling that his latest restoration of rights order ...
Read More »Supreme Disappointment: Virginia Organizing Responds to Restoration Decision
Virginia Organizing State Governing Board member and returning citizen Duane Edwards issued the following statement upon learning of the Virginia Supreme Court's decision on resto ...
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