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Environmental Groups Warn of Coal Ash Health Risk at Conservation Area
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on November 15, 2018
It could cost billions to recycle toxic coal ash currently sitting in lagoons across Virginia. That’s according to a report Dominion Energy gave to lawmakers this week. At the same time, two environmental groups now say coal ash ponds in Chesterfield could pose a risk to human health. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
Virginia Gov. Proposes Cap and Trade Program, Praised for “Standing Up to Trump”
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on May 19, 2017
National Governors Association Chairman Terry McAuliffe speaks during the opening session of the NGA’s Winter Meeting in Washington. (Credit: AP Photo / Cliff Owen)
As the federal government looks to roll back the Clean Power Plan, Virginia’s Governor is stepping in. Terry McAuliffe says the state will plow forward on its own to lower pollution, and combat climate change. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
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From NPR News- South Africa's Carbon Tax Set To Go Into Effect Next Week May 26, 2019President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the measure into law on Sunday. Some 40 countries have adopted various programs aimed at changing the price of carbon.
- Likely Tornado Kills At Least 2 In Oklahoma May 26, 2019The storm struck the city of El Reno late Saturday night, causing severe damage to a motel and mobile home park.
- PHOTOS: From Sumo Wrestling To Grand Parades, How World Leaders Try To Impress Trump May 26, 2019President Trump is in Japan this weekend, the latest country to try to get in his good graces with a good show.
- Study Shows Freezing Office Temperatures Affect Women's Productivity May 26, 2019Do you often hear your colleagues complain that the office is too cold or that they have to bundle up? A new study shows that women are more productive when their surrounding temperatures are higher.
- Tired Of Being 'Dope Sick,' A Drug User Gets Help From Police To Get Sober May 26, 2019"Just continually putting people in jail, that's not doing anything for them," says an Everett, Wash. police officer who connected with one drug user, Shannon McCarty, and helped her get off drugs.
- South Africa's Carbon Tax Set To Go Into Effect Next Week May 26, 2019
- From BBC News
- Tory leadership: Raab sets out leader bid as Gove joins race May 26, 2019Dominic Raab wants to keep a no-deal Brexit on the table, but Chancellor Philip Hammond says ignoring MPs would be "dangerous".
- Sheffield 'incident': Man and woman charged with murder May 26, 2019Two boys, aged 13 and 14, died, and four children were "rescued" from the property in Shiregreen.
- Cannes: Briton dies following yacht collision May 26, 2019A 29-year-old man died when two yachts collided off the coast of Cannes, France.
- Trump in Japan: Ring-side seats at sumo May 26, 2019President Trump attended the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as part of his trip to Japan.
- First black female Oxbridge master appointed May 26, 2019Sonita Alleyne, who will take up the post in October, is a graduate of Cambridge herself.
- Tory leadership: Raab sets out leader bid as Gove joins race May 26, 2019
