10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2012

It’s southernmost third, given to Virginia by accident of history rather than geopolitical intention, lies apart from the rest of the state both culturally and geographically. Standing at the hawkwatch at Kiptopeke State Park, as I did for a significant amount of by visit to Virginia, was a humbling experience, not just for the word-class birding raptor watching but for the enormous numbers of passerines passing overhead at any moment. Birding ABA Virginia

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Green Prophet

AUGUST 24, 2020

Doing change is much more important than just talking change: seven Catholic community groups in Virginia support renewables through investing in solar energy. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, in Falls Church, Virginia. Energy Catholic solar power Virginia

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2011

Amazing photographs of an albino Ruby-throated Hummingbird that has been visiting a yard in Staunton, Virginia, can be viewed here. Asides hummingbirds

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Environmental Economics

DECEMBER 18, 2012

My students and I will be reading this in the spring semester:  Nash, Betty Joyce, The Fish Market , Region Focus, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Third Quarter 2011. I like this picture

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Elephant Journal

JUNE 1, 2017

I don’t know if I’ve ever read anyone that articulated the human experience as eloquently and veraciously as Virginia Woolf. authors human condition rooms to go to the lighthouse Virginia WoolfShe enc. Enlightened Society Literary Journal Z ADMIN Enlightened Society Today Only.

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Environmental Economics

JANUARY 14, 2014

All regulations are not inefficient: The accidents kept coming, and so did the calls for a plan to improve West Virginia’s chemical safety regulations. Last week’s massive chemical spill into West Virginia’s Elk River was the region’s third major chemical accident in five years. Kessler, the president of the West Virginia Senate] said. “My

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Environmental Economics

JANUARY 21, 2013

From the Autoblog : Virginia state governor Bob McDonnell is the latest to offer up another way to secure more revenue from the state's residents to pay for their roads and public transportation. McDonnell's proposal would eliminate Virginia's 17.5-percent gas tax entirely, with funds for infrastructure projects coming from an increase in the sales tax from five percent to 5.8 I have only two things to add: Virginia is not a state, it is a Commonwealth.

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Elephant Journal

JUNE 28, 2018

If we want to know love, either in a relationship or within oneself, it’s a good idea to look through the eyes of Virginia Woolf and acknowledge the limitless potential and infinite meaningfulness of all seemingly mundane moments. The truth is, nothing is so mundane that it’s not worth our attention. Boredom is of the mind. Love is of the soul. Inspiring (Wow) Literary Journal Love Non New-Agey Spirituality Z ADMIN Enlightened Society Today Only.

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Elephant Journal

JUNE 7, 2017

Arts Enlightened Society Equal Rights Literary Journal 16th century a room of one's own feminism feminist lessons literature Virginia Woolf writerOne thing that really struck me while reading was her ability to express the inner world of women who aspired to create; to skillfully communicate with honesty the war that was happening inside any.

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Elephant Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Family, Youth, Enlightened Education blackburg bullying murder nicole lovell online dating sites tammy weeks teen virginia techWhile no one can go back in time and save Nicole Lovell, there is a possibility that some good may come of her tragic death. In addition to.

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Green Living Ideas

JULY 2, 2010

Despite the PR campaigns by the coal lobby that imply that the state relies on coal income, an analysis by The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy finds that actually coal cost the state of West Virginia more than it took in. The [.] [ Coal Mining Costing West Virginia $97.5 million coal coal mining costs West Virginia

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The Virginia’s Warbler that has eluded birders since Eric Miller first found it on 31 October has been refound – and photographed – by Andrew Baksh. This is the first documented record of this southwestern wood-warbler in New York State. Congratulations to Eric for the original find and to Andrew for forestalling any accusations of stringing against Eric!

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Sierra Club Compass

JUNE 12, 2013

Virginia Attorney General and Gubernatorial Candidate Ken Cuccinelli. There are plenty of examples of politicians across the country doing or saying anything to push the agenda of their big polluting buddies, but rarely has the evidence been so clear and so outrageous as with what is happening in Virginia. In Virginia, the Gas and Oil Act lets natural gas companies extract methane gas without landowners’ permission as long as they pay for what they take.

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Blue Earth

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Lumenhaus : Virginia Tech has built a “100% energy efficient house … without sacrificing quality of living.” It uses “responsive architecture” coupled with computerized smart features. This house responds to the weather and performs according to its resident’s lifestyle. Eco-houses like this design are in development largely for the high-end market as yet. But builders believe that as they innovate, many features of such homes will begin to reach the mainstream construction business.

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Conservancy Talk

JUNE 1, 2015

The Nature Conservancy’s Brownsville Farm is situated about two miles east of the whistle-stop town of Nassawadox, Virginia, on a finger of high ground surrounded by miles of salt marsh. Bowdoin “Bo” Lusk, a Conservancy coastal scientist who would be my guide for the next few days as I reported on the Virginia Coast Reserve for Nature Conservancy , was waiting for me in his work truck.

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Green (Living) Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

When Danny Swan first broke ground on his West Virginia farm in June 2008, his rototiller hit a baby doll. And since 2008, roughly two dozen copycat gardens have popped up throughout this city in West Virginia’s northern panhandle. WHEELING, W.Va. Then some porcelain plates. Then a pair of pantyhose.

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Sierra Club Compass

JUNE 19, 2013

Last week, the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) upheld an earlier decision to deny a permit for a mountaintop-removal mine on Ison Rock Ridge in Wise County in southwest Virginia after an appeal by the A&G Coal Corporation. During the permitting process, the company was asked to resolve at least four outstanding mine permit violations in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia. "Coal

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Sierra Club Compass

JANUARY 23, 2014

Earlier this week, my West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin said the following about whether people should be drinking the water in Charleston and downstream: "It's your decision.I'm " And here's the damning detail: "(B)ecause these contaminants are released gradually and in some cases not tracked or regulated, they attract much less attention than a massive spill such as the recent one in West Virginia."

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Sierra Club Compass

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Oceana volunteer Priscilla Lin and Sierra Club Virginia Chapter director Glen Besa in front of ALEC headquarters. On a sunny, hot September afternoon, 80 protesters turned out alongside a busy highway at the Arlington, Virginia headquarters of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Richmond-based Dominion, a Fortune-300 company, owns Virginia’s largest electric utility, as well as a huge multi-state natural gas storage and pipeline business.

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PR Watch

MAY 14, 2012

Virginia Firm Sells Gun Targets Resembling Trayvon Martin. The ad was reportedly placed by the Hiller Armament Company of Virginia and has since been removed from the site where it was hosted, GunBroker.com. Skip to Main Content Area. Contact Us. News Feeds. Podcasts. Privacy Policy. RSS Feeds. Volunteer. Optional Member Code. Sign up. Reports Lisa Graves. Mary Bottari. Brendan Fischer. Rebekah Wilce. Harriet Rowan. Contributing Writers Beau Hodai. Jill Richardson. Wendell Potter.

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Sierra Club Compass

JANUARY 14, 2014

Running alongside the Little Coal River in Boone County, West Virginia is the sleepy town of Van. Thankfully, a corps of community-minded citizens has risen to moment, delivering water to underserved areas throughout the region, calling in to let folks know when water has been delivered to local stores and acting as a rapid response team for folks in need in central and southern West Virginia. Boone County WV Resident Gives His Time to Provide Water to Those in Need.

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Eccorazzi

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Tuesday, in Frederick County, Virginia, a tractor trailer carrying livestock overturned on the highway , killing six cattle. Corinne Geller of the Virginia State Police told CBS affiliate WTVR, “The truck was loaded with cattle, which have broken free of the trailer and are wandering around the interstate. In Virginia, cow, chicken, and pig trucks are common road-mates on any trip.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

One particular resting place brought me to familiar birding territory: Pleasure House Point, Virginia Beach. When I was first learning to bird in the summer of 2013, I spent a summer living with my fiance in Virginia Beach. During my three days in Virginia Beach, I knew I had to walk that path again. Virginia Beach is pretty built up, so each disturbance and loss of habitat weighs on our avian friends. Birding Virginia Virginia Beach Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

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Elephant Journal

JULY 25, 2014

I watched stars arch their backbends; one charmed me to doze. Adventure Literary Journal poetry rocks sky spirit

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Sierra Club Compass

MAY 7, 2013

Mountain lovers everywhere high-fived today when the news came down that the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy has denied a surface mine permit for the Ison Rock Ridge mine in southwest Virginia. EPA to set a numeric water quality standard under the Clean Water Act to protect streams in Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, and Pennsylvania from pollution caused by mountaintop removal mining.".

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Nature Conservancy - Science

JUNE 7, 2013

Bo Lusk collects eelgrass shoots during a seagrass restoration project in the South Bay of the Virginia Coast Reserve. Eelgrass and excess nitrogen : We’re fortunate in how much science we do have that’s allowed us here in the Virginia Coast Reserve to make this the largest sea grass-restoration project in the world. Image credit: Daniel White/TNC.

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Elephant Journal

APRIL 26, 2018

Always pay attention, noticing the profound depths and the great soaring heights in the small objects and activities of our daily lives. Enlightened Society Inspiring (Wow) Non New-Agey Spirituality WAYLON: Today Only awareness boring daily lives genius grow learn life little things mindfulness new definition notice pay attention present moment Stephen Hawking universe Virignia Woolf

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Sightline Daily

APRIL 30, 2014

Word is that a crude oil-bearing train derailed in downtown Lynchberg, Virginia and caught fire. Photos and preliminary coverage here. Additional coverage here. There’s particularly good coverage on Huffington Post , here. Watch local TV news coverage live here. The accident occurred very near downtown, but so far there are no official reports of injuries or death.

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Living In a Toxic World

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Sad to see the beautiful state of West Virginia suffer yet another environmental disaster. Source: West Virginia Gazette.) This latest spill comes just one month after the devastation caused by a chemical spill in the Elk River. More than 100,000 gallons of coal slurry poured into an eastern Kanawha County stream Tuesday in what officials were calling a "significant spill" from a Patriot Coal processing facility.

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Environmental Economics

JANUARY 12, 2015

John forwarded this to me presumably because I am on an EPA Science Advisory Board (although for how much longer I have no idea): Congressional climate wars were dominated Tuesday by the U.S. Senate, which spent the day debating, and ultimately failing to pass , a bill approving the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While all that was happening, and largely unnoticed, the House was busy doing what it does best: attacking science.

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Eccorazzi

JANUARY 23, 2012

Michelle Obama will be talking healthy school lunches with Parktown Elementary School parents in Alexandria, Va. Read More. Eats Lifestyle News Top News michelle obama rachel ray

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Nature Conservancy - Science

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

This question is being answered by research conducted at the Conservancy’s Virginia Coast Reserve. A team of scientists is investigating those questions at the Nature Conservancy’s Virginia Coast Reserve — fittingly, just offshore from Oyster, Virginia — developing crucial data on just how much nitrogen oyster reefs can take out of the water. Most of the area is protected, forming part of The Nature Conservancy’s expansive Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR).

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Environmental Economics

MAY 22, 2017

Climate federalism: Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) signed an executive order on Tuesday directing regulators to formulate rules cracking down on electricity sector carbon emissions. The order requires state officials to convene a working group on carbon emissions and issue a report by the end of the year on potential regulations to limit power plant greenhouse gases. 

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Green Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The fires from Monday''s derailment of a train carrying crude oil in Fayette County, West Virginia, continued to burn Tuesday morning, and emergency shelters for hundreds of people who had to evacuate after the derailment remain open. "A A CSX train, hauling 107 tank car loads of Bakken Shale crude oil from North Dakota to a transportation terminal in Yorktown, Virginia, derailed in Adena Village near Mount Carbon and Deepwater West Virginia about 1:30 p.m.

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Eco Friendly Daily

JULY 21, 2013

However, the state of Virginia is looking to claim the title of first to install an offshore wind turbine in general. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission recently approved the building of a single turbine in Chesapeake Bay. Bull, stated: “Virginia has made this a very streamlined, very favorable permitting process to get things proposed built. If all goes as planned, this one turbine could be a harbinger for a whole new clean-energy industry in Virginia.”.

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Green Traveler Guides

JULY 21, 2014

Big Island of Hawaii Coeur d''Alene Colorado Colorado Springs Florida Green Travel News Idaho North America Palm Beach San Diego The Americas United States Virginia Warrenton Airlie Breakers Palm Beach Broadmoor Coeur d''Alene Resort Global Wellness Tourism Congress Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel del Coronado Institute for Healthy Destination Accreditation Mauna Kea Resort wellness travel | Green Travel News | Health-conscious travelers now make up more than 40 percent of the U.S.

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Elephant Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Enlightened Society Right Livelihood Yoga American football atlanta Bill Belichick community elephant magazine fan life lesson meditation National Football League new england patriots Super Bowl Thich Nhat Hanh tom brady vegan virginia Yankees yogiI might not be your typical football fan given that I’m a meditating, vegan yogi who eats a ton of kale and hummus.

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Elephant Journal

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

He understands that holidays are neither about ‘busy-ness’ nor about perfection. Sometimes the most beautiful things are born of brokenness: a broken heart, a broken dream, a moment when you don’t think you can go on any further, but do. Blog (always click 4 all blogs) Enlightened Society (Politics, Active Citizenship, Social Good) Health & Wellness black friday Christmas shopping Conscious Consumerism (Sustainable Business) holiday shopping

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2011

Out on the Big Meadow in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, the ranger (that is Virginia the state, not Virginia the ranger) drew our attention to an unmistakeable bird call. This section, in Virginia, is known as the Blue Ridge Mountains, I am sure we all know the song! Birds features galliformes Northern Bobwhite Shenandoah National Park Virginia

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Elephant Journal

AUGUST 15, 2017

Rarely do news stories bring me to the point of tears and silence, but today, I find lumps forming in my throat and tears welling up in my eyes as I read and listen to stories related to the events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Enlightened Society Right Livelihood WAYLON: Today Only Charlottesville compassion confusion forgiveness news stories peace sadness Shooting virginiaYet again, I find myself without words.

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Elephant Journal

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Blog Family Health & Wellness Inspiring (Wow) Meditation a room of one's own creating personal space creativity family meditation pursue your passion sitting in silence Virginia Woolf Yoga“Oh, your kids will love this space!” This was the inevitable refrain of people touring our recently built home. My husband and I were newlyweds, with a.

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Elephant Journal

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Enlightened Society Family Love anais nin best friends friendship quotes gratitude Jim Morisson Khalil Gibran loyal friends Virginia WoolfIf I called my friends at midnight and asked them to bring a shovel, they'd show up, no questions asked. With a shovel and a bottle of wine in tow, probably.

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Green Prophet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The outbreak is linked to frozen strawberries from Egypt that were served up in smoothies in a Virginia restaurant chain. Most of those infected are Virginia residents, according to that state’s Department of Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Confirmed victims also hail from New York, Maryland, North Carolina, West Virginia, Oregon and Wisconsin, a CDC spokeswoman said Tuesday. If a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound?

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