by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Conservation, Renewables
State regulators have approved a proposed 200-acre solar energy facility in Buckingham County that will provide “utility-scale” solar generation. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced permit approval for the 19.8-megawatt Firestone Solar facility in Buckingham, which will be...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2016 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
Posted: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT Updated: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York and five other Northeastern states are suing federal regulators to force them to help ensure that upwind states control their pollution. The suit against the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 2, 2016 | Events, Fossil Fuels, Sustainability
At high Noon Sunday, with temperatures heading toward 95 degrees, I’m confident I was not the only one preparing to march through the streets of downtown Philadelphia who recalled that old elementary-school story about the wig-wearing drafters of the Declaration...
by Kenda Hanuman | May 19, 2016 | Pipelines, Renewables
On Wednesday, a pair of state leaders sat down with people in Albemarle County in hopes of hearing any concerns about the work they’re doing. Source: Virginia Democrats Toscano and Deeds Host Town Hall – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 18, 2016 | Spiritual Ecology, Sustainability
It is hard to have hope. It is harder as you grow old, for hope must not depend on feeling good and there is the dream of loneliness at absolute midnight. You also have withdrawn belief in the present reality of the future, which surely will surprise us, and hope is...
