Spreading the words: The Virginia Festival of the Book
Every March thousands gather in Charlottesville for the Virginia Festival of the Book, now in its 22nd year, to celebrate storytelling and literacy. With most events free of charge and […]
Riverkeeper pleased with coal ash settlement
Charlottesville’s Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the James River Association, reached a settlement with Dominion on the utility’s plans to dump coal ash wastewater from the Bremo Power Station in […]
Trash talk: One local wants litter removed from the Rivanna
It’s been nearly three months since Albemarle County resident Scott Fox first noticed a number of plastic bags littered across the bank of the Rivanna River behind his house, caught […]
Dominion to dump in Virginia rivers
The State Water Control Board officially approved Dominion’s permit to dump wastewater into two Virginia rivers January 14. The wastewater will come from coal ash pits at the Bremo Power […]
What’s bugging you? Little-known wheel bug makes startling appearances
Leslie Lovelace, manager at Ivy Corner Garden Center, knows wheel bugs, also called “assassin bugs,” only by their reputation. Co-workers have told her to be careful if she ever sees […]
Honorable discharge: Will toxic water be dumped in the James?
Environmental groups and concerned citizens worry that Dominion’s intentions to dump millions of gallons of wastewater per day into the James River won’t go swimmingly. Alleging that the wastewater potentially […]
Playing dirty: Atlantic Coast Pipeline accused of eluding soil rules
Soil collecting may be an inherently dirty business, but the United States Forest Service is now calling into question the ways in which soil in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s path […]
People’s Climate Movement brings Dominion pipeline into question
On Wednesday, October 14, the People’s Climate Movement called environmental activists to Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall to rally on climate change. Dominion Power’s potential installation of a pipeline that would run […]
Dominion to lessen noise of pipeline’s compressor
The people of Yogaville, who were once worried about noise pollution from the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s compressor site proposed just six miles away, may now be able to continue living […]
Off the grid: A model for environmentalism made easy
It’s affordable, actually sustainable and certainly not the modern American lifestyle most have become accustomed to, with multiple cars per family, smart phones for everyone and streaming video on demand. […]