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Virginia tells Richmond airport to reduce its use of ‘forever chemicals’

Concerns around the nearly indestructible family of pollutants known as PFAS have been growing as environmental groups have ...
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Virginia program can lower rooftop solar costs by 23%

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, Solar United Neighbors and their partners are launching the Switch Together initiative that ...
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Bill proposes scarlet tanager as Pennsylvania’s official migratory bird

For generations, grade school children across Pennsylvania have learned the official plant and animal symbols for the state, ...
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Public hearings set on curbing Bay menhaden harvest

Hearings have been set along the Atlantic coast to let the public weigh in on whether to reduce the large-scale harvest of ...
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Pollution from development still flowing into Gunpowder River

Muddy runoff from Ridgely’s Reserve, a large housing development in Joppa, MD, continues to foul Foster Branch and the ...
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Virginia sewer upgrade will reduce pollution in rivers

Alexandria Renew Enterprises, or AlexRenew, completed its overhaul of the city of combined sewer system serving Alexandria, ...
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Chesapeake grass beds expand for fifth year in a row

Chesapeake Bay underwater grass beds expanded for the fifth consecutive year in 2025, driven in large part by the surprising ...
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Virginia increases hunting, fishing fees first time in 14 years

The Virginia Board of Wildlife Resources approved new fees on Aug. 20 for hunting, fishing, trapping, boating and primitive ...
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USDA rule repeal could lead to logging in Pennsylvania, Virginia forests

The U.S. Forest Service under the U.S. Department of Agriculture filed a proposed rule on Aug. 18 to fully rescind the 2001 ...
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Pollution & Solutions

The cleanup of the massive sewage spill near the District of Columbia needs to be much broader than what the owner of the ruptured pipe has pr… Read Story ...