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McKinney Rips Malloy Budget As "Shell Game" Filled With Gimmicks
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday will propose extending several taxes that had been scheduled to expire in order to help pay for his overall plan to increase state spending by nearly 10 percent over the next two years, according to legislators briefed...Tags: Politics, Long Island Sound, Finance, John McKinney, General Electric Company
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VIMS Professor J. Emmett Duffy wins state award
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Professor J. Emmett Duffy was one of 12 faculty of Virginia colleges and universities to win a state award. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, along with Dominion Resources, recently recognized Duffy...Tags: Science and Technology, Ecosystems, Teaching and Learning, Education, Marine Science
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State Offer Of $4 Million For Electric Grid Operator's Expansion Could Be Unwise
The Hartford CourantISO New England, the nonprofit business that runs the region's electricity grid, is in line for $4 million in state assistance for a $39 million back-up control center under construction in Windsor. The control center would replace a smaller back-up...Tags: Politics, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Science and Technology, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Budgets and Budgeting
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Dominion's LNG export bid sparks legal dispute
For four decades, the owners of the liquefied natural gas terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County have given a pair of environmental groups a say over expansion of the sprawling complex, originally built to import fuel from abroad via the Chesapeake Bay....
Tags: Natural Gas, Petroleum Industry, Companies and Corporations, Calvert County, Environmental Pollution
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Panel recommends Myersville reject gas compressor station
The Myersville Planning Commission is recommending that the town council reject plans for a natural gas compressor station near the intersection of Interstate 70 and Md. 17 in Frederick County. The Frederick News-Post reported that the panel voted... -
Students head out on 3-week learning excursion on the James River
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterStudents from across the Commonwealth will spend about three week on the James River -- learning. They started Saturday at the beginning of the river in Iron Gate. Thirty-six students and nine teachers from Virginia high schools will take part in the...Tags: James River
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Dominion to move forward with Cove Point project
Dominion Resources, the Richmond, Va.-based energy producer, said Thursday it will move ahead with plans to convert a liquefied natural gas terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County into an export facility — a decision that drew the immediate...Tags: Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Companies and Corporations, Calvert County, U.S. Department of Energy
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Dominion electric line would cross James River
Dominion Virginia Power is considering building an electric transmission line that would cross the James River at Surry and James City counties. The line would originate at Surry nuclear power station, run above the river along nine towers between 150...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Surry (Surry, Virginia), Mining, Pocahontas, Yorktown (York, Virginia)
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No link between Virginia earthquake and fracking, scientists say
Scientists say there is no link between a controversial natural gas drilling technique and the Virginia earthquake that rattled the East Coast in August. “Let’s be very clear: fracking did not cause the Virginia earthquake,” said...Tags: Politics, Business Enterprises, Ridge, U.S. Geological Survey, Mining
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January was nearly 7 degrees warmer than normal in Hampton Roads
NEWPORT NEWS — Dwight Shoe spends most February mornings inside his house reading the newspaper.
On Wednesday — with the temperature nearing 70 degrees — he decided to do some yardwork.
“It’s mighty nice to be out here this...Tags: Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Weather, Pacific Ocean, Christopher Newport University, Weather Reports
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Feds look to Va. for offshore wind
Companies considering building wind farms off Virginia’s coast will likely be asked next month to submit proposals to the federal government. The plan, stated during a conference call Tuesday by Tommy Beaudreau, director of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean...Tags: Politics, Alternative Energy, Companies and Corporations, Natural Resources, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Unions to pressure lawmakers for offshore wind in Virginia
NEWPORT NEWS — Labor leaders said Tuesday they will press elected officials and energy companies to move quicker in developing wind power off Virginia’s coast.
“We believe that we need to invest in renewable energy in Virginia,”...Tags: Business Enterprises, Energy Saving, Alternative Energy, Companies and Corporations, Renewable Energy
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