Category: Agriculture & forestry
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Beyond Beautification
The Capital Trees project in dowtown Richmond shows how public and private investment in urban canopy can advance strategic community goals like reducing storm water runoff and cleaning up the James River.
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The Uranium Quagmire
By Peter Galuszka For the 50 or so people sitting in the quaint Pepsi-Cola building Tuesday in Danville’s tobacco warehouse district, the information seemed to spawn more frustration than clarity. They had gathered to hear two economic impact reports regarding controversial plans by Virginia Uranium to mine an ore deposit a dozen miles to the…
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Why Tobacco Exports Are Wrong
By Peter Galuszka Virginia’s business lobby is blasting President Barack Obama for balking at pushing U.S. grown tobacco leaf in upcoming trade talks involving Pacific Rim nations. Barry E. DuVal, president and CEO of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, complains that Obama is “targeting tobacco” by trying to leave it out of upcoming talks involving…
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Malodorous Portsmouth
By Peter Galuszka Is there something stinky going on in Portsmouth? It’s a question that has suddenly wafted up when residents of the port city learned that the Virginia Ports Authority has been in secret talks with Canadian-owned PCS Phosphate to put in a plant to melt sulfur pellets for fertilizer production. The same project…
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The Wonk Salon, November 15, 2011
What Do We Do With Violent Sexual Predators When They Leave Prison? Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission Virginia’s methodology for assessing the risk posed by violent sexual predators when they leave prison is flawed, leaving it vulnerable to using out-of-date actuarial science and limiting input from qualified professionals. Challenges to Growth of Virginia’s Bioeconomy…
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Virginia Is for Locavore Lovers
I love the local food movement — well, make that the local wine movement. All the rest, from tomatoes to goat cheese, is a bonus. And it appears that I am in the right place. The locavore movement is taking off here in Richmond and in other locales across Virginia. Indeed, the June 2011 issue…