Support heat protections for Virginia workers

Extreme temperatures place outdoor workers at increased risk of heat illnesses, which if untreated, can lead to death. Even though I’m generally considered young and healthy, I...

For Virginia, adapting to sea level rise starts with choosing a curve

In a warming world of rapidly rising waters, there are at least nine possibilities for what tomorrow will look like at Sewells Point in Norfolk.

Contaminated water, land erosion, climate refugees: Historic Triangle, Tidewater regions could feel the secondary effects of coastal sea level rises

As land erosion and sea level rise continue to take a toll on America’s first settlements, underwater archaeologists have worked diligently in the past two...

It’s electric: W-JCC school division slides into renewable energy by adding electric buses to its fleet

A crowd quickly gathered in the growing summer heat Wednesday morning to watch as Williamsburg-James City County School Division Superintendent Olwen Herron and others plugged...

Policymakers are banking on trees to cut carbon. Forest experts say Virginia needs more seedlings.

In nine neat fields tucked between a bend of the South River and a Norfolk Southern line, a key piece of Virginia’s carbon-free future is...

Lots of ‘renewable’ options for energy consumers, but why are so few of them any good?

Virginia residents who want to do right by the planet are confronted with a bewildering array of renewable energy and “green power” options. Unfortunately, few...

Google gets round-the-clock renewable energy at Virginia data centres with help of energy storage

Google will procure energy from a US$600 million portfolio of renewables and energy storage assets specially-designed to enable the search engine company’s data centres in...

Solar farm planned for former coal mine in Buchanan County

 One of the largest solar farms in the Appalachian region is planned for a Buchanan County site on a reclaimed surface coal mine.