Environment

The event returns after two years of cancellations.

Gardeners in June can focus on weeding, watering, and watching for pests, but it's not too late to sow vegetables and flowers yet!

Lead, asbestos and even radioactive material remain on a Superfund site that lines Portsmouth’s Paradise Creek.

Regulators at the State Corporation Commission are reviewing Dominion Energy’s proposal for its long-touted Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. But in a hearing in Richmond at the Virginia SCC building on Tuesday, some involved in the case expressed concerns.

VPM’s Morning Edition Host Phil Liles spoke with Dr. Art Evans, an entomologist and host of VPM’s “What’s Bugging You?,” to find out what pollinators are native to Virginia and what we can do to attract them in our gardens.

Since April, seven turtles have arrived at the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, which runs a program to find and save the hooked creatures.

Extreme precipitation events are becoming more common due to climate change.

The Republican Party of Virginia recently held a weekend bash at a Dulles hotel to celebrate its sweep in the statewide elections last fall and discuss its agenda. High among its goals is to repeal the state’s Clean Economy Act, a law that commits Virginia to joining a regional cap-and-trade program and achieving 100% carbon-free power by 2050.

Dominion is slated to build the largest wind farm nationwide, which will play an important part in Virginia's goal of getting its energy producers off fossil fuels in the next three decades.

There are more reports of coyote sightings in the area this spring, according to Richmond public safety officials. It may come as a surprise to some, but David Garst, a wildlife biologist for the Department of Wildlife Resources, said the animals are remarkably adaptable and can live just about anywhere.