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Winchester Star, October 9, 2008
"Frederick County leaders want to start saving on two things that are rapidly becoming scarce in America these days — money and energy.With that in mind, the Board of Supervisors held a special work session Wednesday to discuss the findings from an audit of the county’s energy use conducted this summer. "
Fauquier Times-Democrat, October 7, 2008
"The bad news is that the cost of heating your home is almost sure to rise this winter. The good news is that there are ways to reduce that increase.
More bad news: Most of those cost-cutting measures will require an upfront investment that will pay dividends down the road.
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Clarke Times-Courier, October 6, 2008
"Clarke County Planning Commissioner Kathy Smart, who wants a “greener” home, has an appointment to discuss her heating system.
She is considering the installation of a solar- or wind-power generation system to replace the oil furnace that warms her baseboard heating units.
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, October 1, 2008
"Inside North Anna Power Station, technicians remotely monitor the activities of workers wearing white protective suits in what looks like an enormous equipment-filled cave.
A crew works inside the reinforced-concrete dome, or containment area, that houses Unit 2’s nuclear reactor on Lake Anna in Louisa County.
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Clarke Times-Courier, October 6, 2008
"Clarke County Planning Commissioner Kathy Smart, who wants a “greener” home, has an appointment to discuss her heating system.
She is considering the installation of a solar- or wind-power generation system to replace the oil furnace that warms her baseboard heating units.
"
Fauquier Times-Democrat, October 7, 2008
"The bad news is that the cost of heating your home is almost sure to rise this winter. The good news is that there are ways to reduce that increase.
More bad news: Most of those cost-cutting measures will require an upfront investment that will pay dividends down the road.
"
Washington Post, September 23, 2008
"The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors yesterday approved an ambitious vision for transforming Tysons Corner from a sprawling office and retail suburb to a modern, environmentally green city with neighborhoods, sidewalk culture, new jobs and the arts -- and less driving."
Fauquier Times-Democrat, September 17, 2008
"He made it sound like the end of the world could be right around the corner.
Left unchecked, climate change would trigger a series of events that could mean the end of civilization, Lester R. Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, told about 300 people who attended the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) annual meeting on Saturday in Rappahannock County...Brown believes mankind possesses the smarts and technology to turn things around.
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Richmond Times Dispatch, September 14, 2008
"It’s too early for fall foliage, but lobster is always in season.
Del. Clarke Hogan, R-Halifax, threw a grand old party at his family’s pile in Brunswick, Maine, this past weekend. Guests included a fellow Southsider, Del. Wat Abbitt, I-Appomattox, and Hogan’s political sugar daddy, Speaker Bill Howell, R-Stafford.
All three are big players in a big piece of unfinished business: a state study of a proposed uranium mine in Pittsylvania County."
Daily Progress, September 13, 2008
"The two candidates vying for Virginia’s 5th District seat in Congress agree on one thing: the United States must free itself from its addiction to foreign oil.
How they think the nation ought to achieve that goal, however, is a point of sharp disagreement.
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Washington Post, September 14, 2008
"Might Loudoun County schools switch to a four-day week?
That’s one possible way to save energy, and the Loudoun School Board reluctantly agreed to look into the matter Tuesday. "
Daily Progress, September 10, 2008
"Four to six months from now, Albemarle County will probably allow homeowners to have wind turbines on their property, said Mark Graham, the county’s director of community development.
Wind turbines currently aren’t permitted in the county’s zoning ordinance. The height and unattractiveness of the structures are seen as negatives. However, members of the Albemarle Planning Commission considered allowing residents to have small personal turbines at their meeting Tuesday.
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Fauquier Times-Democrat, September 9, 2008
"As we work to ensure that Virginians have the power they need and that our country becomes energy independent, it is critical that we assess all the relevant factors before making infrastructure investments.
Recently, a two-judge panel for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission recommended denial of a 500kv transmission line proposed by Dominion Virginia Power and its partner, Allegheny Power, to traverse a three-state area. "
Fauquier Times-Democrat, August 19, 2008
"A metric tonne is 205 pounds heavier than the standard measurement in use in the United States. But even if the Town of Warrenton were annually putting 152,000 regular tons of pollution into the air, rather than 152,000 metric tonnes, the number would still be staggering.
Warrenton water plant operator Lance Albaugh, who has a long and abiding interest in alternative energy and is now overseeing the town’s green iniative, came up with the figure in a report — five months in the making — that he prepared at the behest of Mayor George Fitch.
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