Virginia Governor Northam Plans 100% Renewable Energy Future

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:05:12 +0000

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced the signing of an Executive Order last week which establishes ambitious statewide clean energy goals and targets intended to ensure that 30% of the Commonwealth’s electricity is secured from renewable electricity sources by 2030, and that 100% of its electricity will be powered by carbon-free sources by

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Dominion Energy Virginia Wants 1,050 Electric School Buses By 2025

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:55:57 +0000

Dominion Energy Virginia has published a bullish plan to convert 50 school buses in its territory to electric buses by 2020. That’s just the start, as the company plans to add 200 more per year to hit its target of 1,050 fully electric school buses by

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Biochemist crowned Miss Virginia after science experiment in talent show

Credit to Author: nguno| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 07:29:03 +0000

Biochemist crowned Miss Virginia after science experiment in talent show

A pharmacy graduate student was crowned Miss Virginia after a stand-out talent show which featured a colorful science experiment.

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Suspect in Virginia shooting resigned before killing 12 — official

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 02:22:31 +0000

A slide of the victims in the May 31, 2019 mass shooting at a Virginia, Beach, Virginia, municipal building is shown during a press conference on June 1, 2019. (L-R, top to bottom) Richard H. Nettleton, Ryan Keith Cox, Christopher Kelly Rapp, Katherine A. Nixon, Tara Welch Gallagher, Laquita C. Brown, Robert Williams, Michelle Langer, Joshua A. Hardy, Herbert Snelling, Alexander Mikhail Gusev and Mary Louise Gayle. - A municipal employee sprayed gunfire "indiscriminately" in a government building complex on May 31, 2019, police said, killing 12 people and wounding four in the latest mass shooting to rock the US. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP)

The engineer who shot dead 12 people at a municipal building in a US beach resort city had submitted his resignation hours before the killings, a city official said on Sunday.

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N.C. Officials Order Duke Energy to Excavate Coal Ash Ponds

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:56:50 +0000

North Carolina officials have ordered Duke Energy to excavate all its coal ash storage ponds in the state, saying the utility’s current plan for its coal ash sites does not sufficiently protect groundwater. The directive issued April 1 comes after regulators in other states, including Virginia, issued similar rulings regarding coal ash disposal in those […]

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Trump goes after Spike Lee after Oscars speech

Credit to Author: khallare| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:46:05 +0000

Trump goes after Spike Lee after Oscars speech

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is going after director Spike Lee, who used his Oscar acceptance speech to urge mobilization for the 2020 election. Trump tweeted Monday that Lee did a “racist hit on your President.” Trump claimed that he had “done more for African Americans” than “almost” any other president. Lee won the Oscar […]

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School draws flak for ‘runaway slave’ game on Black History Month

Credit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 07:23:37 +0000

School draws flak for 'slave' game

An elementary school in Virginia has earned criticism for a “runaway slave” game it conducted during Black History Month this February.

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