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Waste from the animals can be stored in containers, concrete structures, or earthen lagoons, which are ponds of manure that use natural and chemical processes to treat it. The operators can treat the waste, recycle it or apply to their land as compost, among other purposes.
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When patients inhale desflurane before surgery, only about 5% stays in the body. The rest can linger in the atmosphere for years.
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TC Energy is replacing and widening about 49 miles of pipeline that ends in Suffolk and Chesapeake. Local environmental groups have fought the project.
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The Norfolk District last year submitted a federal request to change its cost-benefit analysis and possibly include the historically Black communities of Berkley and Campostella.
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The critics say the loss of menhaden in the Bay affects the food chain for striped bass, which are falling prey to overfishing, and osprey.
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Virginia Wesleyan is using a state grant to identify and mitigate hotspots in Portsmouth, focusing on disparities tied to what’s known as the urban heat island effect.
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Dominion Energy says in order to keep the electric grid reliable they may need to build up to eight new natural gas plants in the next 10 to 15 years.
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Some invertebrate species struggled, and the water's a little cloudier this year.
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Local governments say they’re seeing growing interest in EVs, but more infrastructure is needed to support them.
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Gov. Youngkin has advocated for investing in the nascent SMR industry as part of his “all of the above” energy strategy.
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Council members voted to create a nonbinding voter referendum asking residents whether they support a new monthly fee to reinstate curbside recycling service.
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The site is located 25 miles south of Dominion Energy’s wind farm already under construction in Virginia. Company leaders say it will help them meet rising electricity demand.