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Environment Virginia speaks out against global warming
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistThere's no better time to talk global warming than now as we head into the spring season. Environment Virginia showed up in downtown Roanoke to talk about how weather has and will continue to impact locals. We've seen our fair share of storms rip...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Environmental Issues, Weather Reports, Weather, Global Warming
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Environmental group says don't "blow" this opportunity when it comes to wind energy incentives
reporter"Our message today to Congress, don't throw wind off the fiscal cliff," says Sarah Bucci, Environment Virginia. The clock is ticking and this group doesn't want to be caught under the buzzer. Explains Bucci, "Incentives are benefits in place to build...Tags: Taxation, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Wind Power, Fiscal Cliff
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131 years of Global Warming in 26 seconds
The video from NASA, is an amazing 26-second animation depicting how temperatures around the globe have warmed since 1880. That year is what scientists call the beginning of the “modern record.” You’ll note an acceleration of those...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Animation (genre), NASA, Weather, Global Warming
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UPDATED: Cuccinelli spokesman responds to legislative proposal that would limit AG's authority
Democratic lawmakers say an investigation of climate change research at the University of Virginia was an assault on academic freedom. Tuesday, they touted legislation to limit the power of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
The three lawmakers,...Tags: Laws, Justice System, Corporate Crime, University of Virginia, Human Interest
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LETTER: Objects To One Sentence, Claims Climate Change 'Debunked'
Regarding the editorial "Pass The Clean-Energy Bill" [May 22], I take issue with one sentence in the editorial: "Global warming is making the development of alternatives to fossil fuels urgent." This statement is a clear example of the ubiquitous...Tags: Environmental Issues, Weather, Global Warming, Ecosystems, Conservation
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USDA funds studies of weather and climatic variability impact on cattle
MADISON, Wis. - On May 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Ecosystems, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater , University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, U.S. Department of Energy
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U.S. carbon tax could boost revenue, curb climate change - report
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - A tax on carbon dioxide emissions could help the United States mitigate climate change while significantly increasing government revenue, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this week. President Barack Obama...Tags: Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, U.S. House of Representatives
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The cost of BGE reliability
Baltimore Gas & Electric certainly isn't likely to win any popularity contests. It secured a rate increase from the Public Service Commission in February — its second in the last three years — and turned around and filed a request for...
Tags: Government, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Weather, Pikesville, Martin O'Malley
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Energy Saving, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power
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Letters: Politics and climate catastrophe
Re "Oklahoma twister 'was a monster,'" May 21 It is heartbreaking to read of homes destroyed, lives upended, children killed and hundreds left homeless. We know that, without effective action to combat climate change, these events will become more...Tags: Environmental Issues, Weather, Barack Obama, Ecosystems, Conservation
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Shake off your apathy, take a stand
I can no longer remain in one of the fastest growing groups in America, Apathy Anonymous. I've lived nearly 70 years and have marched, signed petitions, written letters to everyone from the president, to local, state and federal officials, concerning...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Environmental Issues, Weather, West Bank, Leon Panetta
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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities
WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say...Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Weather
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