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The Appalachian Trail Isn't Dead . . . Yetnew

Rising pollution and private development threaten the Appalachian Trail.

C-Ville Weekly | Brian Chidester | 05-05-2010 | Environment

No Cost for Dredging South Fork Yet: Locals Weigh In on Possibilitiesnew

With the exception of a slip of the tongue by Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Chairman Mike Gaffney, last week’s public meeting on a dredging feasibility study for the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir kept talk of potential costs underwater.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 03-17-2010 | Environment

Tags: Rivanna Reservoir, Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, South Fork, environment, dredging, housing and development

What Charlottesville Businesses and Government Can Do Right Now to Up the Eco Factornew

Is it really time to party? Even in Charlottesville, where people try to live softly, an ever-growing stream of waste can threaten to offset major gains.

C-Ville Weekly | Andrew Cedermark | 12-09-2009 | Environment

Tags: efficiency, going green, environmentalism, Conservation

Underground Petroleum Tanks Mar Virginia Drinking Waternew

Because of population density and geological factors, Albemarle County is particularly polluted by underground gas storage tanks, and the problem of leaking tanks is more widespread than most realize.

C-Ville Weekly | Erika Howsare | 07-01-2009 | Environment

Tags: Albemarle County, underground storage tanks, environment, pollution, gasoline

Wind Turbines Generate More Debatenew

Though the Albemarle County Planning Commission has been debating the addition of a wind turbine ordinance for about eight months, it seems close to formulating a resolution.

C-Ville Weekly | Shea Connelly | 01-28-2009 | Environment

Tags: environment, wind power, Albemarle County Virginia

Have Our Schools Rushed to Judgment On the Safety of Synthetic Turf?new

Converting grass playing fields to synthetic turf ones has been a growing trend nationwide. But possible health risks have led to debate in many communities. Locally, however, the debate has hardly been fierce.

C-Ville Weekly | Chiara Canzi | 01-14-2009 | Environment

Tags: environment, health, schools, toxins, grass, ballfields, synthetic turf

UVA Faculty Call for Emissions Cutbacksnew

While the "Resolution on Climate Commitment" recently ratified last week by the Faculty Senate is ultimately only symbolic, it implores the administration to detail specific goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conduct an energy audit and create a cabinet-level position to coordinate and enforce conservation.

C-Ville Weekly | Will Goldsmith | 03-19-2008 | Environment

Tags: environment

Why Are We Still Smothered in Paper?new

We were promised a paperless office, a workplace devoid of the scattered, cluttered clumps of paper humpbacking everyone's desk. So what happened?

C-Ville Weekly | Scott Weaver | 02-27-2008 | Environment

Tags: environment

Proposed Coal Plant a Symbol of Looming Energy Debatenew

The proposed Wise County plant has come to symbolize growing debates about the importance of a region's economic health verses the actual health of its residents, the power of Dominion in state government and the looming battle over the future of public investment for our energy.

C-Ville Weekly | Scott Weaver | 01-16-2008 | Environment

Tags: environment