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McDonnell's New US 460 will never be built 18 Dec 2012 | 08:34 am
Warning to prospective new US 460 contractors. McDonnell's new US 460 will never be built. When Bob McDonnell leaves office this road is toast. Nobody wants this road but the Bob! He's twisted arms, ...
Another Reason to Vote for President Obama and Tim Kaine 1 Nov 2012 | 09:02 am
Many hundreds of people worked to save the Mattaponi River from a proposed King William Reservoir, which was unneeded and would have harmed the river and the living creatures in and along its bank...
Frankenstein, Frankenstorm and Climate Change 29 Oct 2012 | 12:53 am
Hurricane Sandy's proximity to Halloween is no doubt responsible for the nickname Frankenstorm. But, the word wits that came up with that clever name may have been more descriptive than they knew. In...
Just how bad is George Allen?--One more reason to Vote for Tim Kaine 21 Oct 2012 | 01:55 am
If you didn't live in Virginia when George Allen was Governor you may not understand just how anti-environmental he is. In the US Senate he had an abysmal record but those were only votes. It was as...
Is the EPA killing coal? 25 Sep 2012 | 07:17 pm
Coal industry executives, their friends at Fox News, and politicians trolling for votes in coal country are up in arms about what they are calling "the war on coal." The "war" consists of EPA regulati...
The case for diversity: why utilities should hedge natural gas with renewables 18 Sep 2012 | 05:59 pm
Natural gas is cheap. It's so cheap right now that some producers are losing money with every cubic foot they pump out of the ground. So what better time to be a buyer, right? That's the thinking of u...
Is offshore wind in Virginia's future? 10 Sep 2012 | 09:18 pm
The past couple of years have been tough ones for the offshore wind industry, which is still struggling to launch. The recession has made states reluctant to invest, even when the payoff looks huge. C...
Why Virginia Lags on Solar 20 Aug 2012 | 11:05 pm
Solar energy is one of the fastest-growing industries in the country. Solar PV installations grew 109% in 2011, and the industry now employs over 100,000 Americans. Yet it is almost invisible in Virgi...
Dominion's Solar Purchase Program: Undervaluing solar, overcharging green power customers 14 Aug 2012 | 12:27 am
This spring Dominion Virginia Power unveiled a proposal to buy 3 megawatts (MW) worth of power from its customers who have solar panels, and resell the electricity to its Green Power Program through r...
Mineral rights and property rights 8 May 2012 | 02:54 am
I wanted to let readers of Article XI know about an online discussion occuring this week on The RoundTable, the blog for The Roanoke Times editorial board. The topic is a new state law that expands th...
