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Author RJ McCarthy. Source: Donna Campbell Smith
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RJ McCarthy Releases New Novel: One of the Boys

July 13, 2020 Donna Campbell Smith

By Donna Campbell Smith Author RJ McCarthy’s newest novel, released recently by Scuffletown Press, is a departure from his crime fiction stories into literary fiction. One of the Boys is set in a rural Southern […]

Pipeline build map from 2018. Source: Southern Environmental Law Center
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Dominion and Duke Energy Abandon Atlantic Coast Pipeline

July 5, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

  On July, 5, 2020, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced that they are canceling the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) Senior Attorney Greg Buppert issued the following statement: “This […]

Solar panel installation. Source: US Dept of Energy
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SELC Statement on New Law Setting Virginia on a Clean Energy Path 

April 13, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

On Saturday, April 11, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which will replace all carbon-emitting power plants in Virginia with zero-carbon generation by 2050, with milestones to ensure progress along […]

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Virginia Senators Urged to Protect Appalachian Trail

May 16, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Dominion Energy pressuring Congress to change laws in its favor On May 16, 2019, more than 50 organizations from across the state called on Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner and Virginia’s members of […]

A Sentara Norfolk General Hospital helicopter landing pad. Source: US Coast Guard 5th District Mid-Atlantic Contact: 5th District
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Coast Guard Demonstrates Capability of Virginia Hospital Rooftop Helicopter Pad

April 15, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew performed the first landing at one of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital’s new helicopter landing pads on April 10, 2019. The Norfolk, Virginia hospital recently built two new rooftop helicopter landing […]

Phil Reed, SELC founding trustee, talented attorney and committed environmental advocate; 1946-1993. Source: SELC, Charlottesville VA.
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Winners of the 2019 Reed Environmental Writing Awards Announced

March 2, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

The Southern Environmental Law Center has announced the winners of the 2019 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards, to be presented during this year’s “Virginia Festival of the Book.” Author Earl Swift will receive the […]

Phil Reed, SELC founding trustee, talented attorney and committed environmental advocate; 1946-1993. Source: SELC, Charlottesville VA.
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SELC Calls for Submissions for Phil Reed Environmental Writing Awards

August 5, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

The Southern Environmental Law Center is now accepting submissions for the 2019 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards. Nominations are welcome from anyone, including readers, authors and publishers. Presented each year during the Virginia Festival […]

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Recall of Frozen Hawaiian Poke Kits Affects ALDI Hendersonville NC, Other States

July 18, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

ALDI Voluntarily Recalls AnnaSea Hawaiian Poke Kits Due to Storage at Incorrect Temperature in Area Store(s) Hawaiian “Poke” is a raw fish salad — served/eaten without cooking the fish. The Hawaiian Poke Kits, which are […]

The Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) 2 payload undergoes testing in the sounding rocket payload facility at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, prior to transport to the launch pad on Wallops Island. Credits: NASA/Berit Bland
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NASA to Launch Parachute Test off Virginia Coast on Mar. 27

March 20, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA will test a parachute for possible future missions to Mars from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Live coverage of the test begins at 6:15am (EDT) on the Wallops’ Ustream. The launch […]

Phil Reed, SELC founding trustee, talented attorney and committed environmental advocate; 1946-1993. Source: SELC, Charlottesville VA.
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Winners of 2018 Reed Environmental Writing Awards Announced

March 2, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

On March 2, 2018, the Southern Environmental Law Center announced the winners of the 2018 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards. J. Drew Lanham, an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Clemson University, was […]

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Sierra Club Issues Statement on Virginia Utility Legislation

February 9, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Sierra Club: Senate Of Virginia Allows Dominion To Regulate Itself While Ratepayers Foot The Bill On February 9, 2018, the Senate of Virginia passed Senate Bill 966 in a vote of 26-13. SB966, introduced by […]

Part of the new map showing subsidence rates in millimeters per year. Locations A through G are areas of unusually high subsidence. CHR1, LOY1, LOY2 and LSO3 are GPS stations. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA Finds Virginia Metro Area Is Sinking Unevenly

November 28, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

By Carol Rasmussen, NASA’s Earth Science News Team A new NASA-led study shows that land in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, metropolitan area is sinking at highly uneven rates, with a few trouble spots subsiding 7 to […]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA - logo. Source: PRNewsFoto/NASA.
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NASA to Honor Legacy of Famed “Hidden Figures” Mathematician Katherine Johnson

September 7, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

US Senator Mark Warner, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, and author Margot Lee-Shetterly are among the dignitaries honoring Katherine Johnson, former NASA employee and central character of the book and movie Hidden Figures, on September 22, 2017, 1pm, at NASA’s Langley Research Center […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: We Are All Now Of the Same Household

August 24, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Some Thoughts Regarding the Recent Tragic Events in Charlottesville, Virginia By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD On my way to the farm where I raise Black Angus cows as a hobby, I asked my frequent companion, grandson […]

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Roanoke, Virginia Area Chemical Spill Causes Mass Fish Kill

August 11, 2017 Kay Whatley

UPDATE: The Virginia  Department of Environmental Quality has released updated mass mortality event numbers. As of August 7, 2017, the Tinker Creek fish kill — caused by the Termix 5301 chemical spill — exceeded 40,000 fish. […]

Sheetz holding job interviews on May 3, 2017, at all of its 550 locations. Source: PRNewsfoto/Sheetz, Inc.
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Sheetz Holding Open Job Interviews at All Locations May 3

May 1, 2017 Kay Whatley

Sheetz to Hire More Than 3,400 Additional Employees Companywide By Nick Ruffner, sheetz.com On May 1, 2017, Sheetz, one of America’s fastest growing family-owned and operated convenience store chains for over 65 years, is proud to announce […]

Source: Friends of Nelson, based in Virginia.
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Pipeline Would Require Extensive Mountaintop Removal

May 1, 2017 Kay Whatley

New Research Exposes How Dominion’s Proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) Would Decapitate 38 Miles of Ridgelines in Virginia and West Virginia By Denise Robbins (chesapeakeclimate.org), Anne Havemann (chesapeakeclimate.org), and Joyce Burton (Friends of Nelson) A briefing paper released today […]

NC WARN court filing screenshot 2017.
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Groups Contest Fracked Gas Pipeline by Duke Energy and Dominion

April 10, 2017 Kay Whatley

Draft Environmental Impact Statement is a Moving Target and Fatally Flawed By Jim Warren, NC WARN  On April 6, 2017, more than 20 citizen groups and statewide nonprofits told federal regulators that the environmental review process for […]

Source: ACLU
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Appeals Court to Hear Argument in ACLU Challenge to NSA Internet Surveillance

December 6, 2016 Kay Whatley

Case Brought on Behalf of Wikimedia, Human Rights Groups, and Other Organizations A federal appeals court will hear oral argument Friday, December 9, 2016, in Richmond, Virginia, in the case brought by the American Civil […]

The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is raised into the vertical position on launch Pad-0A, Friday, October 14, 2016, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.
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Antares Launch Delayed to Oct. 17

October 16, 2016 Kay Whatley

**Update: Change in launch date.** By Keith Koehler, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia The NASA Wallops Flight Facility and Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport were set to support the launch of Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket […]

A gallery scene from Mount Vernon's newest exhbition, Lives Bound Together. The exhibition opened October 1, 2016 at Mount Vernon and will be on view through late 2018. Source: PRNewsFoto/George Washington's Mount Vernon, Virginia.
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Mount Vernon Opens New Exhibition Focused on Slavery

October 5, 2016 Kay Whatley

Released by Rebecca Aloisi, mountvernon.org On October 1, 2016, George Washington’s Mount Vernon opened a groundbreaking exhibition that highlights new research into the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and worked at the estate during […]

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Potential Pipeline Impact on Water in WV, VA and NC

August 24, 2016 Kay Whatley

Guidances Released on Monitoring Water Supplies Released by Rick Webb, Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition The Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) has released a report for landowners and water providers concerned about the potential impacts of pipeline […]

Phil Reed, SELC founding trustee, talented attorney and committed environmental advocate; 1946-1993. Source: SELC, Charlottesville VA.
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SELC Calls for Submissions for Environmental Writing Awards

July 18, 2016 Kay Whatley

Released by Bill Sublette, selcva.org The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is now accepting submissions for the 2017 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Awards. Nominations are welcome from anyone, including readers, authors, and publishers. Presented each year during […]

Cumulative median concentrations of pharmaceutical chemicals detected during the sampling conducted in June of 2014 in 59 small streams. The four urban study areas are shown in boxes, with details in the study. Source: USGS.gov.
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Pharmaceuticals Commonly Detected in Small Streams in the Southeastern US

June 12, 2016 Kay Whatley

At least one pharmaceutical chemical was detected in all 59 streams sampled Released by Alex Demas and Paul Bradley, US Geological Survey In a release dated May 25, 2016, and according to a new study by the US […]

On February 3, 1991, the remains of a possibly mixed ancestry (black and white) Hispanic female were found along the medium strip of Interstate 95 in Stafford County. She is believed to have been 25-35 years of age. Released by the OCME, Richmond VA.
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Virginia Needs Help Identifying Victims

May 17, 2016 Kay Whatley

Chief Medical Examiner Seeks Public’s Help to Identify Skeletal Remains Facial Models of Individuals Shown in Hopes of Closing Cold Cases Released by Matthew LiPani, Central Region Public Information Officer In January 2016, the Richmond VA […]

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The Strange-ness: 3,000+ Ducks Die in Washington State

February 11, 2017

On January 27, 2017, in Yakima, Washington State and federal wildlife-diagnostic centers confirmed an outbreak of avian cholera near the Tri-Cities. At that time, they reported more than 1,200 dead ducks from the previous week. Numbers for […]

The Jamaican fruit-eating bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is one of five species that roost in Home Away from Home Cave in Jamaica. Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton
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“Poop” (guano) Core Records 4,300 Years of Bat Diet and Environment

April 12, 2021

An inaccessible cave preserved clues to Jamaica’s climate past in the sedimentary layers of bat guano Deep in a Jamaican cave is a treasure trove of bat poop, deposited in sequential layers by generations of […]

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December 23, 2020

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