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Future of West Virginia is still in coal mines | Preston County News

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June 16, 2023

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How global warming is fueling a rise in dog attacks | Nation

Global warming is fueling an alarming rise in dog attacks, according to new research. Risk of being bitten increases by up to 11 percent on sunny or smoggy days, scientists say. High temperatures and air pollution has previously been linked to aggression in humans, monkeys, rats and mice. Now a...

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June 15, 2023

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Wolves that nearly died out from inbreeding recovered, now helping a remote island’s ecosystem |

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Gray wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park five years after authorities began a last-ditch attempt to prevent the species from dying out on the Lake Superior island chain, scientists said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the park’s moose population continues a sharp but needed decline. Overpopulation of...

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June 14, 2023

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Dominion plans gas fired units in Chesterfield

Gov. Glenn Youngkin talks about the future of Virginia energy. Dominion Energy wants to install four natural gas-fired generators next to its Chesterfield Power Station, where it has just shuttered two coal-fired units. The generators are meant to run on the hottest or coldest days, when electricity demand soars,...

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June 14, 2023

Abingdon

Speaker says Bristol Landfill decree lacking

ABINGDON, VA. — A hearing focused on a consent decree in a federal lawsuit over the Bristol Virginia Landfill drew just one member of the public to Abingdon on Tuesday. That speaker told Senior District Judge James P. Jones that the agreement lacks scope and depth. The public hearing on...

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June 14, 2023

Abingdon

Andover briefly: Greater Lawrence Technical School receives $5,000 grant | Local News

Andover briefly: Greater Lawrence Technical School receives ,000 grant | Local News

Deadline to apply for Finance Committee June 9 at 5 p.m. The town is accepting applications to fill a spot on the Finance Committee. To apply visit andoverma.gov and look under news and announcements. Members of the committee oversee the town’s finances, including by reviewing budgets and making recommendation on...

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June 8, 2023

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Rogers: 3-county water bill ‘apparently dead’ in Senate | Mineral-wells

AUSTIN — Rep. Glenn Rogers said Thursday his Cross Timbers water bill “apparently has died in the Senate” after reaching the upper chamber with scant time before Monday’s session adjournment. He also was not optimistic Gov. Greg Abbott will add House Bill 5406 to the call for an expected special...

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May 26, 2023

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Well-plugging bill amended to give it better shot at passing through House: state rep | CNHI

HARRISBURG — The Democratic-sponsored bill intended to restore state authority to adjust bonding amounts for conventional oil and gas wells was stripped down by a House committee Tuesday to give it a better shot at passing through the state Legislature. House Bill 962 as amended, and if adopted into law,...

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May 23, 2023

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Proposed Bitterroot subdivision raises land-use questions for rural Montanans

As rural communities across Montana grapple to balance the need for affordable housing with the loss of agricultural land, increasing land-use conflicts raise questions of how to create more homes while protecting as much working land and wildlife habitat as possible. They are questions that have pitted neighbor against neighbor...

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May 21, 2023

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Black, Hispanic Americans More Likely to Have PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water | Health

TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black and Hispanic communities in the United States are more often poor — and also more likely to have harmful levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their drinking water, a new study reveals. Sources of PFAS pollution — including major manufacturers,...

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May 17, 2023

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