If you’ve lived here long enough, you know the moment. Your car suddenly looks like it’s been dusted with powdered mustard. Your eyes itch. Your sinuses start to close up. Spring in Richmond has arrived, and with it comes the pollen. After several weeks of freezing or...
This Arbor Day, the Science Museum of Virginia answers an important question: can trees migrate? And if so, is that a good thing? This week began with Earth Day, and it ends today with Arbor Day! The word "arbor" comes from the Latin word for "tree," so you might not be surprised to learn that this holiday is a celebration of trees. While you...
Hurricane Florence is coming in hot and she’s one pissed off woman. According to the National Hurricane Center, Florence has strengthened to a category 4 hurricane with winds near 130 mph. Dare County, North Carolina officials issued evacuation orders for the Outer Banks and Hatteras Island and Gov. Northam has declared a state of emergency for...
This September, Real Local RVA is hosting its third annual Urban Farm Tour. Meant to introduce city residents to the urban farmers around them, the bus tour will start at the Lakeside Farmers' Market pavillion and stop at four local farms for a day of food tasting and lessons in urban sustainability. Beth Furgurson, director of Real Local RVA,...
“I miss my house. I really would not have traded it for a piece of plywood if this were not important,” shouted Red Terry, high above her property in a tree-sit on Bent Mountain this past April. Theresa “Red” Terry lives in an “active crime scene,” according to law enforcement. Along with other activists, she and her daughter, Minor Terry, are...
Environmentalists rejoiced as the Federal Appeals Court struck down two important decisions that had allowed the Mountain Valley Pipeline natural gas line to cut through the Jefferson National Forest this past Friday. The decision, which comes after years of cases and appeals against the federal agencies approving the construction of the...
It’s a familiar trope, you’re at your job typing, sweating, and working away trying to get a group project completed for your boss. You’ve been staying up late, drinking way too much coffee, and buzzing around the office to complete the final touches. Then as you walk to your bosses office to present the project, your devilishly handsome and...
Back in March, many members of the Fulton and Varina communities were relieved to hear that the controversial East End Landfill (TEEL) would be shut down following a 5-0 vote by the Henrico County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) to revoke the facility’s conditional use permit, but their relief was short-lived. After the board’s decision, the...
In a rare turn of events, last Wednesday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied Dominion Energy’s request to extend seasonal tree cutting along the Atlantic Coast Pipeline path (ACP), the proposed 600-mile natural gas line running from West Virginia through North Carolina. Dominion Energy was originally given until March 14 of...
Dominion Energy has begun felling trees in West Virginia and Virginia along the proposed path of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). After the Federal Energy Regulation Committee (FERC) approved a Limited Notice to Proceed last Friday to begin felling trees along the proposed path of the ACP, Dominion Energy wasted no time in beginning the...
