Cumberland Mayor Ray Morriss would love to fire up the old coal plant down the road, so he was pleased to hear this month that President Donald Trump plans to put millions into rebooting the shuttered facility.
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Budget Amendment Would Give Ratepayers Estimated $3 Monthly Rebate From RGGI Funds
Virginia Mercury
An amendment to return 45% of funds earned through the regional carbon market to rate-paying residents, small businesses and churches is part of the two-year budget Virginia lawmakers passed Monday, which is now under review by Gov. Abigail Spanberger.
Virginia Legislators Advance $205 Billion Budget Including New Tax On Data Centers
Virginia Mercury
On Monday, Virginia legislators approved a two-year, $205 billion budget proposal to fund healthcare and public education, provide 4% teacher raises and a 3.5% pay bump to state employees, establish a retail weed marketplace and hedge against decreased federal dollars.
DASH Breaks Ground On DMV’s First On-Route Electric Bus Charger
The Zebra
On a rain-soaked Tuesday afternoon, June 23, DASH Bus joined city, state, federal, and regional leaders under a tent at the West Alexandria Transit Center to mark a milestone: the region’s first on-route electric bus opportunity charger.
The Water Is Rising In Chesapeake Bay. Can Tangier Island Be Saved?
Inside Climate News
As the barrier island loses land and residents, engineered efforts could combat the rising seawater that surrounds it.
National and International News
The Advice About Rooftop Solar Panels Is Changing. Do This Instead
Washington Post
For a decade, it was a better deal to own, not lease, rooftop solar panels. The end of solar tax credits for homeowners may flip that on its head.
Oil Industry Lawyers Fight a $50 Billion Climate Case in Oregon
New York Times
Nearly five years to the day that an unprecedented heat dome descended on the Pacific Northwest, dozens of lawyers coalesced in a Portland courtroom this week to debate an extraordinary lawsuit that attempts to hold oil companies responsible for the deaths that resulted.
After A Civil Rights Complaint, Chicago Built The Nation’s Largest Air Monitoring Network
Grist
The project, called Open Air Chicago, went live last fall and is part of a five-year project to collect hyperlocal air quality data and provide Chicagoans with real-time pollution information. The data is also intended to help officials develop guidance for permitting, urban planning, and air quality control. The network is about to face its first Chicago summer, when air pollution typically worsens. Pollution from cars, heavy vehicles, and industry reacts with sunlight and heat, forming ground-level ozone, a harmful pollutant and the key ingredient in smog, in the summer. As climate change makes summers longer and hotter, the conditions for smog formation are also becoming more common.
Climate Migration Is Coming. Cincinnati Wants To Shape Its Effects
Smart Cities Dive
When Intel announced it was investing $28 billion to build two chip factories in Licking County, Ohio, two hours north of his city, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval took note. The mega-complex would surely be an economic boon for his state, but Pureval was most impressed by why the tech giant chose to build in the Ohio River Valley.
Offshore Oil And Gas Rush Threatens Whale Corridors And Coral Reefs
Inside Climate News
From coral reefs in Kenya to Caribbean seagrass meadows and whale migration corridors in the Arctic, a surge in offshore oil, gas and liquefied natural gas development is spreading into some of the world’s most ecologically important marine habitats, according to a new analysis.