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A Moment in the Sun How three Southeast cities are changing		14 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: climate, Florida, green building, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, Tennessee, urban planning, Virginia (all these topics)

Chipotle Mexican Grill goes green (i.e., local)! The burrito giant buys pork from celebrity farmer Joel Salatin	Tom Philpott	28 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: local food, industrial ag, sustainable ag, Virginia, food, greening biz operations (all these topics)

Ecosystem for sale On the oddity of privatizing nature	Erik Hoffner	18 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, biodiversity, wetlands, Virginia (all these topics)

Weasel of the week Tim Kaine burns national ambitions in coal furnace	Glenn Hurowitz	19 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, coal, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08, Virginia (all these topics)

Dominion Power's dirty plans for Virginia Mike Tidwell speaks out in the WaPo against coal	Joseph Romm	28 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, mining, Virginia (all these topics)

What Lies Beneath Landowner hopes to mine mother lode of uranium in Virginia		02 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 11:20 AM on 02 Jan 2008 A 200-acre plot of earth in Virginia is not the unassuming farmland it appears. It harbors what is thought to be the largest deposit of uranium in the U.S. -- 110 million pounds of the stuff, worth almost $10 billion and able to supply every U.S. nuclear power plant for two years. Unfortunately for drooling nuclear boosters, Virginia banned uranium mining in 1982. Nonetheless, landowner ...
Topics: energy, news, nuclear power, Virginia (all these topics)

I do not think that word means what you think it means Forest Service objects to Va. 'clean coal' plant that would be one of state's biggest polluters	David Roberts	13 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Virginia, coal, energy (all these topics)

You Know the Drill Bush administration wants to drill here, there, and everywhere		04 May 2007	Daily Grist
You Know the Drill Bush administration wants to drill here, there, and everywhere This week, the Interior Department announced a five-year plan that would open 48 million acres of ocean to oil and gas leases off the shores of Alaska and Virginia and in the Gulf of Mexico. Alaska's Bristol Bay is ready to be defiled, as President Bush yanked a drilling ban there by executive order in January, but the a ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil and gas drilling, Virginia (all these topics)

He Believes in Miracles Former Jamaican bobsled team founder seeks energy independence as mayor		12 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
He Believes in Miracles Former Jamaican bobsled team founder seeks energy independence as mayor It's a career crisis we've all faced at some point: what comes after you've created the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team? For George Fitch, now the mayor of Warrenton, Va., the answer stinks. Fitch wants to make the 8,000-person town energy independent by 2010 by building a $30 million biomass plant at the local dump. Are ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, news, Virginia (all these topics)

Walking the Cradle First cradle-to-cradle house takes shape in Virginia	Allison Milionis	18 Oct 2006	Main Dish
Nothing about this traditional design says "gray water treatment happens here." Renderings: Southern Heritage Homes Lined with rundown, century-old houses and situated within a couple miles of downtown Roanoke, the neighborhood of Gainsboro, Va., seems an unlikely place to hatch a groundbreaking architectural experiment. But in early November, construction will begin there on the fir ...
Topics: placemaking, Virginia (all these topics)

Yes, Virginia, There Is Global Warming Va. governor asks climate skeptic to avoid state climatologist title		21 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Yes, Virginia, There Is Global Warming Va. governor asks climate skeptic to avoid state climatologist title Patrick Michaels is a noted skeptic about global warming, cited frequently in the mainstream press and funded amply by fossil-fuel interests. He goes by the title of "Virginia state climatologist." That makes the commonwealth of Virginia uncomfortable, apparently, and it seems determined to distance itself from the ...
Topics: climate, news, Virginia (all these topics)

Moving Mountains Mountaintop-removal mining is devastating Appalachia, but residents are fighting back	Erik Reece	16 Feb 2006	Main Dish
This article was originally published in Orion Magazine. Not since the glaciers pushed toward these ridgelines a million years ago have the Appalachian Mountains been as threatened as they are today. But the coal-extraction process decimating this landscape, known as mountaintop removal, has generated little press beyond the region. A mountaintop no more. Photo: Viv ...
Topics: Appalachia, coal, energy, environmental justice, health, Kentucky, mining, Poverty and the Environment, Virginia, West Virginia (all these topics)

Derrick Cheater Bush admin proposes drilling off Florida, Virginia, Alaska coasts		09 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Derrick Cheater Bush admin proposes drilling off Florida, Virginia, Alaska coasts When President Bush said "America is addicted to oil," we thought ... wait, did we say this already? Yesterday, the administration proposed new oil and gas drilling off the coasts of Florida, Virginia, and Alaska -- including areas covered by a long-standing moratorium on offsh ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans, Virginia (all these topics)

Mr. Hanky Bush touts biofuels and his energy bill		17 May 2005	Daily Grist
Mr. Hanky Bush touts biofuels and his energy bill With his approval ratings plunging due in part to high gas prices, President Bush is fighting back by ... sniffing a hanky. Let us explain. Yesterday, Bush visited a biodiesel refinery in West Point, Va., to tout the alternative-fuel subsidies in his energy bill, which the Senate will begin considering this week. He praised biodiesel as a clean-burning fuel, even ...
Topics: news, politics, Virginia, water pollution (all these topics)

Rocky Road-Widening Tragic accident pits Virginia town against strip mine		07 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Rocky Road-Widening Tragic accident pits Virginia town against strip mine The small town of Appalachia, Va., in the heart of coal country, seemed an unlikely spot for an outbreak of public opposition to strip mining. But that changed in the dark early-morning hours of Aug. 20, 2004, when a bulldozer widening a road to a strip mine in the hills above the town dislodged a 1,000-lb. boulder that then crashed through the wall of ...
Topics: mining and drilling, Virginia (all these topics)

Wham, Bam, Thank You, Dam Embrey Dam Removal Heralds Larger Trend		24 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Wham, Bam, Thank You, Dam Embrey Dam Removal Heralds Larger Trend The Army Corps of Engineers blew up the Embrey Dam in Fredericksburg, Va., yesterday, allowing the Rappahannock River to flow unmolested from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay for the first time since 1910 -- and making it the longest free-flowing river feeding into the Chesapeake, ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, California, dams, energy, rivers and watersheds, Virginia, wildlife (all these topics)

Sprawl in a Day's Work Slow Growth Sees Rapid Setback in Virginia County		05 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Sprawl in a Day's Work Slow Growth Sees Rapid Setback in Virginia County The vote took place yesterday in Loudoun County, Va., but the outcome was a blow to smart-growth advocates around the nation. Four years ago, voters propelled slow-growth advocates into eight out of nine county board positions, turning Loudoun into a national model of environmentally friendly urban planning. But yesterday's elections reshuffled the boa ...
Topics: placemaking, politics, Virginia (all these topics)

A Shore Thing		20 May 2003	Daily Grist
A Shore Thing Controversy is bubbling along the East Coast of the U.S. as a handful of companies press forward with plans to build offshore wind turbines -- 858 off the Maryland shore, 221 off Virginia, and 130 off Cape Cod, Mass. There are now some 15,000 wind turbines on U.S. land, providing clean, renewable power and decreasing U.S. dependence on fore ...
Topics: East Coast, energy, green living, Maryland, Massachusetts, renewable energy, Virginia, wind power (all these topics)

May the Source Be With You		22 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
May the Source Be With You A newly released, two-year study of the federal Clean Air Act's New Source Review rules criticizes the Bush administration for taking steps to weaken clean air protections and calls for tighter regulations for older coal-fired power plants. New Source Review requires owners of power plants and other polluting facilities to install state-of-the-art emissions-control devic ...
Topics: air pollution, health, politics, Virginia, West Virginia (all these topics)

Smart Attack		10 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Smart Attack Smart-growth policies, designed to put a damper on runaway development and preserve local character, have recently come under attack in a handful of U.S. communities. In Loudon County, Va., on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., nearly 200 lawsuits were filed last week against the county's growth-control policies. Also last week, the mayo ...
Topics: Colorado, commercial and industry organizations, environmental justice, placemaking, politics, Virginia (all these topics)

Park and Writhe		15 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Park and Writhe The National Parks Conservation Association has released its annual list of endangered parks -- and, sadly, it includes some of the most treasured wild areas in the U.S.: Yellowstone, Denali, and the Great Smoky Mountains, among others. The unlucky parks made the list because they ...
Topics: air pollution, California, Florida, Georgia, Montana, National Park Service, national parks, politics, pollution and waste, Texas, Virginia, wilderness (all these topics)

No Virginia, There Is No Santa Claus		17 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
No Virginia, There Is No Santa Claus Virginia may be the cradle of American democracy, but it's also the stingiest state in the union when it comes to the environment. According to a fiscal analysis released yesterday, the state spends less on environmental protections than any other; moreover, current environmental spending rates are lower than they have been since 1984, as calculated as a percentage of the overall ...
Topics: politics, pollution and waste, Virginia (all these topics)

Random Acts of Unkindness		18 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Random Acts of Unkindness The Earth Liberation Front is back in the news, after vandals went about their business and then etched the group's initials on the windows of two McDonald's and one Burger King in the Richmond, Va., area, as well as on the windows of 25 SUVs at a local dealership. Those incidents occurred this fall; earlier this year, vandals slashed a number of SUV tires in a R ...
Topics: Earth Liberation Front, placemaking, pollution and waste, Virginia (all these topics)

Coal Shoulder		01 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Coal Shoulder Interior Secretary Gale Norton was snubbed today by seven West Virginia environmental groups, which declined an invitation to meet with her to discuss statewide mining issues. Norton initially offered to set aside a half-hour with the groups, coinciding with her visit to the state on the 25th anniversary of the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Prior to her appointment as Inter ...
Topics: energy, health, mining and drilling, Virginia (all these topics)

Snoop Dog		24 May 2002	Daily Grist
Snoop Dog Almost everyone's been embarrassed at one time or another by an over-eager dog sniffing in the wrong places. Now car owners have to worry about the "smog dog," designed to "sniff" tailpipes to detect air pollution. Formally called the AccuScan Remote Vehicle Emissions Testing System, the smog dog analyzes exhaust from cars as they pass roadside monito ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, placemaking, pollution and waste, Virginia, West (all these topics)

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