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State and federal officials discuss uranium mining in Va
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Virginia’s policy on uranium mining was one of several featured issues discussed at Governor Bob McDonnell’s second annual Governor’s Energy Conference in Richmond earlier this week. A break out session was held to discuss the historical, economic and environmental issues surrounding the potential for uranium mining in Virginia. The panel included State Senator John Watkins, [...]
Virginia wind energy company partners with Maersk
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Last week, Apex Offshore Wind, a Virginia-based company, announced a partnership with the container ship company Maersk to develop utility-scale wind farms in the United States. Apex, based in Charlottesville, is working to develop offshore wind projects off the coasts of Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, as well as on Lake Erie. The company’s plan [...]
Fmr EPA Chief: Nuclear is largest clean energy source in Va
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Former New Jersey Governor and Bush administration EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman told a crowd assembled for the Governor’s Energy Conference in Richmond that nuclear energy was the most viable clean energy option in Virginia’s energy portfolio. Mrs. Whitman pointed out that although nuclear accounts for 20 percent of the U.S. electricity supply, the emissions-free [...]
Offshore wind testing site slated for Eastern Shore Virginia
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Northampton County, Virginia is soon to be home to the first testing facility on the Atlantic Coast for wind turbines reaching a height of 750 feet. Before any company can install wind turbines offshore or on land they must be certified for performance, design and noise emissions. The Eastern Shore testing facility will allow companies [...]
Southside resident reports on trip to Canadian uranium mine
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In late September, Pittsylvania County teacher and author Larry Aaron traveled with a group of two dozen state legislators, local government officials, farmers and Farm Bureau representatives to tour one of the largest uranium mines in Canada. The group spent three days in Saskatchewan to uncover firsthand the truth about the modern uranium mining industry [...]
Feds: No significant quake damage at North Anna nuclear plant
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Federal regulators held a meeting last Monday in Louisa County at the North Anna Power Station’s information center to present their inspection results following the 5.8 quake that struck near the power station in August. The regulators said their inspection showed no significant damage to the facility. The plant is undergoing a new series of [...]
Danville business owner: Uranium mine gives workers a future
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Across the towns and cities of Southside Virginia, there is a seldom a conversation that does not somehow lament the region’s bleak economic prospects and the desperate search by so many neighbors and friends for a job and decent livelihood. Last week Danville business owner Roger Crews echoed this sense of anxiety and uncertainty in [...]
Labor leaders press for offshore wind development in Virginia
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In an effort to speed up the development of offshore wind in Virginia, labor leaders said this week they will begin to lobby elected officials in Richmond and energy companies to move more quickly. According to the Daily Press, Thomas Bell, a business manager for Ironworkers Union Local 79 in Norfolk said, “We believe that [...]
Virginia companies receive federal offshore wind funding
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The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week it will provide funding for two Virginia offshore wind projects. Alstom Power Inc. will receive $4.1 million to develop an advanced turbine control system and Dominion Resources will receive $500,000 to analyze a hypothetical offshore wind project. In a statement released last week by Governor Bob McDonnell, [...]
Dominion shifts to gas and nuclear to meet growing demand
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Despite President Obama’s decision announced last week to table a proposed EPA pollution rule aimed at cutting coal use, Dominion Virginia Power still plans to reduce its use of coal-fired power and shift more to natural gas and nuclear. Last week, the company said it will close or convert some of its older coal-fired power [...]
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