Hadley Chittum
/
for VPM News
Virginia Clean Economy Act, RGGI could face federal challenges.
-
Billions go toward interstate projects, helping low-income households cut energy bills -
Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsConcerns over impacts on forest, farmland sank the proposal.
-
Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsRelated bills touch on unmanned vehicles, construction.
-
ANDREW MARSZAL/AFP via Getty Images/AFPA Trump executive order temporarily pauses leases and permits for offshore and onshore wind projects. Wind advocates say an offshore wind freeze could threaten states' climate goals and jobs.
-
An executive order halts all new federal leases and permits for offshore wind projects.
-
Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsAbout 8% percent of plastic bottles are recycled in the commonwealth.
-
Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsTake a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
-
Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsPartner company hopes to have the project up and running by the 2030s.
-
Chris Carlson/APA small North Carolina town is suing Duke Energy for costs from climate change, claiming the utility knew its fossil fuel power plants were heating the planet and deceived the public.
-
Pool/Getty ImagesA judge in Delaware has for the second time struck down a compensation package for Elon Musk after a Tesla shareholder filed suit.
-
Federal program subsidizes some weatherization upgrades. -
Residents are being urged to finish storm preparations. Francine is expected to bring heavy rainfall and flash flooding to Louisiana, Mississippi, southern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle.
-
A team of scientists and bakers in the Pacific Northwest is searching for ways to make whole wheat bread resilient to a warming world — and more delicious.
-
U.S. Senate and House, as well as council and school board races could change the tone of politics.
-
The new lease site could yield enough electricity to power up to 1.4 million homes, according to the federal government.
-
Some Shenandoah Valley crop yields could be 75% lower than expected.
-
Debby came ashore just west of Steinhatchee, along the state's Big Bend region. It arrived with sustained winds of 80 mph, and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of utility customers.
-
Funding will support research on sea-level rise, coastal flooding.
-
The site's about 25 miles south of a Dominion wind farm that's already under construction.
-
Go Green Auto Care has been at the forefront of a decade-long battle.
