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Apr 26, 2021

Connecting the Dots: The Virginia Way on Full Display in the Race for Lieutenant Governor

Dominion Energy puts its dirty dollars behind the effort to stop progressive anti-Dominion crusader Sam Rasoul from winning the Democratic primary. There are two constants in Virginia politics. Number one: Dominion Energy is always behind the scenes trying to control the outcome. It is referred to as the Virginia Way…

Climate Change

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Connecting the Dots: The Virginia Way on Full Display in the Race for Lieutenant Governor
Connecting the Dots: The Virginia Way on Full Display in the Race for Lieutenant Governor
Climate Change

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Oct 23, 2020

The Light of My Life: A Tribute To My Mom on Her One Hundredth Birthday

Today my Mom would have turned 100. She was the light of my life. Born Phyllis Eugenia Cahen in 1920, she was a vibrant woman with a big smile, full of life and boundless energy. She grew up in the five towns area of Long Island, New York, descended from…

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The Light of My Life: A Tribute To My Mom on Her One Hundredth Birthday
The Light of My Life: A Tribute To My Mom on Her One Hundredth Birthday

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Dec 16, 2019

We Need Real Solutions to the Intersecting Crises of Climate Change and Inequity: We Cannot Settle for Half Measures

This article was co-authored with Karen Campblin and Lee Williams, Co-Directors of Green New Deal Virginia. You can learn more about the Green New Deal Virginia coalition at greennewdealva.com. In November, voters across the Commonwealth of Virginia made their voices heard, resulting in a historic shift in power in the…

Climate Change

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We Need Real Solutions to the Climate Crisis and the Intersecting Crises of Poverty and Inequity…
We Need Real Solutions to the Climate Crisis and the Intersecting Crises of Poverty and Inequity…
Climate Change

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Nov 11, 2019

Veterans Day 2019: A Generational Tribute in Photos

This Veterans Day, I pay tribute to generations of my family who fought bravely for this country. My great grand uncle, Julius Cahen, was a Civil War veteran. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1862 — three years after arriving in this country as an immigrant from Germany. Julius…

Military

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Veterans Day 2019: A Generational Tribute in Photos
Veterans Day 2019: A Generational Tribute in Photos
Military

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Oct 4, 2019

Justice for Sale: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Appalachian Trail Appeal

This morning, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)’s challenge to a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, prohibiting the ACP from crossing the Appalachian Trail on federal land managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The two consolidated cases are known as…

Politics

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Politics

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Aug 15, 2019

Photos of Insanity: Active Landslide Threatens Lives Along Route of Mountain Valley Pipeline

Don’t look away. Look closely. This is a crime scene photo. And the criminal is hiding in plain view. Last week, we learned that Mountain Valley Pipeline destroyed a steep mountain slope in West Virginia, causing a landslide that has made at least one home uninhabitable. The situation has been…

Environment

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Photos of Insanity: Active Landslide Threatens Lives Along Route of Mountain Valley Pipeline
Photos of Insanity: Active Landslide Threatens Lives Along Route of Mountain Valley Pipeline
Environment

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Aug 9, 2019

Definition of Insanity: Mountain Valley Pipeline Asks for “Emergency Authorization” to Prevent a Life Threatening Landslide

The latest outrage from Mountain Valley Pipeline is almost beyond belief. In July, this bloated corporate criminal — MVP is under criminal investigation by the U. S. Attorney’s Office in Roanoke — sent out a crew to survey a portion of the pipeline route in West Virginia. …

Environment

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Definition of Insanity: Mountain Valley Pipeline Ask for “Emergency Authorization” to Prevent a…
Definition of Insanity: Mountain Valley Pipeline Ask for “Emergency Authorization” to Prevent a…
Environment

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Aug 2, 2019

Breaking News: Federal Court Refuses Mountain Valley Pipeline Request to Remove Tree Sitters in Virginia

In another stunning defeat for Mountain Valley Pipeline, a federal district court judge has denied the pipeline company’s request for an order removing tree sitters in southwest Virginia. Judge Elizabeth Dillon, in a fourteen page opinion, ruled that MVP had no right to add the tree sitters — who have…

Climate Change

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Breaking News: Federal Court Refuses Mountain Valley Pipeline Request to Remove Tree Sitters in…
Breaking News: Federal Court Refuses Mountain Valley Pipeline Request to Remove Tree Sitters in…
Climate Change

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Aug 1, 2019

Mountain Valley Pipeline Contractor Has a History of Killing its Own Workers

Mountain Valley Pipeline is working at breakneck speed to finish its destructive path through the mountains of West Virginia and Virginia. Never mind that the courts have thrown out multiple federal permits that normally are required before pipeline projects are allowed to proceed. Never mind that Mountain Valley is billions…

Environment

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Mountain Valley Pipeline Contractor Has a History of Killing its Own Workers
Mountain Valley Pipeline Contractor Has a History of Killing its Own Workers
Environment

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Jul 26, 2019

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Deals Another Crushing Blow to Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has just thrown out another federal permit for Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline. In a crushing and unanimous 50-page decision, a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit vacated the Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement, which had given Dominion permission…

Environment

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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Deals Another Crushing Blow to Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Deals Another Crushing Blow to Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Environment

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