Tag Archives: environment

  • Virginia This Morning

    VIRGINIA THIS MORNING: Home Depot

    Monday, April 22nd is Earth Day!

  • News

    Pollution worsens at National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia Beach

    For the past 40 years, the Back Bay Wildlife refuge has tested positive for high levels of bacteria that could make people sick.

  • News

    Courtroom showdown starts; BP could pay billions more for Gulf spill

    A civil trial that could cost BP billions began Monday

  • News

    Environmentalists fill National Mall to fight climate change

    During Obama’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday, the president urged Congress to do more to combat climate change.

  • News Polystyrene

    New York mayor wants to ban plastic foam containers

    Specifically, the ban will target certain polystyrene foam products, not necessarily Styrofoam, a trademarked product of Dow Chemical Company.

  • Politics

    RFK Jr. arrested

    Environmental activists – including Bobby Kennedy Jr. and actress Daryl Hannah – cuffed themselves to a White House gate.

  • News

    Bridge collapse derails train; toxic chemical pours into creek

    Several train cars carrying chemicals fell into the Mantua creek after the bridge it was traveling over collapsed early Friday morning.

  • News ice melt

    Study finds Greenland, Antarctica ice melt speeding up

    The mile-thick ice sheets that cover Greenland and most of Antarctica are melting at a faster rate in a warming world.

  • News battery

    OPINION: Solar power when the sun has set

    What if we could use solar energy when the sun has set, or wind energy when the air is calm?

  • Mark Holmberg Reports / News sturgeon

    HOLMBERG: Giant prehistoric fish return to downtown Richmond

    Ten, 20, 40 years ago, it was thought the Atlantic sturgeon would never return to Richmond to spawn.

  • News Great White tagged

    VIDEO: First Great White to be tagged and released in N. Atlantic

    Video of the first Great White shark to be tagged and released in North Atlantic waters.

  • News norrell

    Parents plan demonstration at Norrell Elementary as school opens

    A demonstration has been organized in protest of the controversial opening at Norrell Elementary School on Monday.