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- Clean Energy Bus Tour: The Job's Not Done Yet!
Self-titled "defenders of the environment" held a rally on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville Thursday afternoon as "The Job's Not Done" Bus Tour made a stop in town to bring awareness to clear energy jobs.
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- Albemarle County Resources Map Makes Green Living Easy
Albemarle County’s newly updated Green Resources Map is intended to make “green living” more convenient for residents.
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- Group Helps Rid Local Forests of Alien Trees
CBS19 cameras traveled deep into the protected woodlands of western Albemarle County with a man who works to save the forest from attacks by alien trees.
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- City Officials Debut New, Green Transit Center
Officials held a ribbon cutting Thursday morning for a new area transit center, an operations and maintenance facility on Avon Street in Downtown Charlottesville. The building will allow the bus fleet to grow when the community is ready to expand transit.
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- Va. Wildlife Center: Not Enough Rescue Workers in the Gulf
The president of the Virginia Wildlife Center in Waynesboro, Ed Clark, just got back from a trip to the Gulf where he got a rare firsthand look at how the oil spill is impacting wildlife there. Clark says most animals aren't getting the care they need because there just aren't enough rescue workers.
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- JMU Hosts State Wind Energy Symposium
A wind energy symposium, happening at James Madison University Wednesday, is bringing hundreds of renewable energy experts, from all over the country, to the Valley.
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- Nelson County Couple Successfully Lobbies Peat For Oil Spill Cleanup
The oil mess along the gulf coast now has a Nelson County connection in the cleanup solution.
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- Local Business Pitch Peat as Solution to Oily Marshes
A local business believes it has the product that will safely clean up the mess in the marshes along the Gulf Coast, where America's worst oil spill is poised to damage the fragile wetlands in Louisiana.
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- UVa Hosts Sofa Shuffle to Recycle Used Furniture
As students begin moving out of dorms and apartments at the University of Virginia, the school has organized the Sofa Shuffle, where students can drop off unwanted furniture to be donated to the Salvation Army and Habitat Store.
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- Charlottesville Residents Pedal to Work for Bike Week
Friday is Bike to Work Day, which could explain the increase of cyclists of Charlottesville streets. Bicyclists are ditching their cars for the day to pedal their way to work.
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- Charlottesville Receives Award for Tree Growth
Charlottesville was recently recognized by the non-profit Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA community for its commitment to urban forestry. It's the fourth year the city has received this national recognition.
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- Local Home Energy Makeover Contest in The Works
A group of local business men and women met Friday afternoon to plan a Home Energy Makeover contest for the Charlottesville area.
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- Rideshare Encourages Cleaner Commutes
For the 20th anniversary of Clean Commute Day, officials from Rideshare were on the Downtown Mall, showing people different options they have to make a greener commute throughout town.
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- Planting Trees 'Teaches Kids to Care'
Officials from the DoubleTree Hotel in Albemarle County helped preschoolers at Northridge plant a new tree as part of their program Teaching Kids to Care, which was launched eight years ago.
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- A Local Camp Goes 'Greener'
Triple C Camp is building a new green building. Once completed, the Nature Studio will be the first EarthCraft certified light commercial green building in the state.
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- UVa Today: Earth Day
The University of Virginia has expanded Earth Day to Earth Week, showcasing the problems facing the environment and what students and staff can do to help.
- UVa Promotes, Celebrates Earth Day
In honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the University of Virginia is holding several events on grounds to educate students, faculty and staff about important issues facing the environment.
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- CASPCA Goes Green with New Solar Panels
Dominion Virginia Power helped fund new solar panels on the roof of the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA's shelter. The panels will supply about 10 percent of the building's energy during peak hours.
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- City Council to Discuss Future of McIntire Recycling Center
City councilors will discuss ending Charlottesville's contributions to the McIntire Recycling Center at a workshop Monday night. The funding cut to the facility would require Albemarle County and the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority to pick up the difference.
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- Golf Courses Chip In to Go Green
A number of local golf courses are doing their part to bring the native habitat back to the fairways. By not maintaining areas outside the fairways, tee boxes or greens, the courses allow wildlife to inhabit those areas.
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- Environmental Groups Challenge Va.'s EPA lawsuit
Two environmental groups are challenging Va. Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli's block of the EPA's findings, and federal regulation on greenhouse gases.
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- Charlottesville Woman Takes on Zero Garbage Challenge
Last year, Rose Brown started the Zero Garbage Challenge after deciding she didn't want to take out the trash anymore. Her goal was simple: 365 days, zero garbage. After 12 months, Brown accumulated just one pound of trash.
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- UVa Electric Car Is Now Solar Powered
Over the past year a mechanical engineering class at UVa converted a Honda Accord to run on electricity. Now that electricity will come from solar panels.
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- Sierra Club: Bring Green Jobs to Central Va.
The Sierra Club is asking citizens to call lawmakers and push forward a clean energy bill into law. Members said it could bring as many as 45,000 new jobs to Virginia, in addition to billions of dollars in investment opportunities.
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- "Green" Building Trends
2010 "Green" building trends are for smaller homes, tighter construction, using more local supplies, and for less development outside of the city and more redevelopment in the city limits.
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- Free Christmas Tree Recycling
People who live in Charlottesville can get their old trees picked up to be recycled for free. Trees need to be curbside early on Monday morning.
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- Tour of van der Linde Recycling
More and more trash companies are telling customers not to worry about sorting items from household garbage to be recycled. At van der Linde Recycling, they'll take care of the separating for you.
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- Va. College Plans to Cut Energy and Water Use
Lynchburg College plans to retrofit every building on campus to reduce energy and water use.
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- Airlines to Seek to Boost Market for BIofuels
Fifteen airlines say they've signed memorandums of understandings that could lead to the purchase of hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel made from either coal or camolina, a weed that's a cousin to canola.
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- Local Protesters Ask U.S. to Lower Carbon Emissions
During this week's world-wide summit on climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark, several developing nations are asking the United States to cut down on their carbon emissions. In Charlottesville, one group is holding a vigil to support climate change.
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- Update: Wind Turbines Approved in Albemarle County
The proposal for wind turbines in Albemarle County is moving forward with the Board of Supervisors.
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- Recycling Corks Possible in Charlottesville
Putting a cork in it is the idea behind new recycling boxes sprouting up at local stores. You'll see cork recycling boxes at Foods of All Nations and other stores. The idea came from the conservation-minded people at the Carpet Plus Store.
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- Robert Kennedy Jr. Calls Mountaintop Removal Mining A Crime
At an environmental rally in West Virginia, Robert Kennedy Jr. says mountaintop removal mining is a crime, and if Americans could see it, there would be a revolution. Meanwhile, about 200 coal miners and truck drivers drove near the protest site, heckling the rally.
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- EPA: Greenhouse Gases Endanger Human Health
The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary.
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- Albemarle Co. Ties for First Place in 2009 Green Gov. Challenge
Albemarle County tied for first place in its population category in the 2009 Go Green VA Challenge. Albemarle earned points in areas such as energy efficiency, climate protection, water resources, smart growth, and renewable energy use.
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- Virginia Environmental Group Releases New Report
Environmental groups and local activists are releasing a report on how nuclear power will hurt the country's ability to fight global warming. They want the Senate to focus on facilitating energy efficiency, not nuclear power.
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- New Environmentally Friendly Fog Lights on Afton Mountain
VDOT crews recently updated the existing fog light system on Afton Mountain with LED lamps.
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- Virginia State Energy Plan Makes Solar Power Cheaper
The new 40 million dollar Virginia State Energy Plan can save you 25 to 30% on solar power technology.
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- "Zip Cars" Bring Greener Travel to Charlottesville Area
Charlottesville residents now have a new, greener way to get around, Zip Cars. The new fuel-efficient and hybrid vehicles arrived on the grounds of the University of Virginia Tuesday morning.
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- Students at UVa Urge Awareness During America Recycles Day
The University of Virginia is urging students and community members to recycle Monday (11/16) as part of America Recycles Day.
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- UVa Sustainability Kiosk & Energy Tweets
The University of Virginia Sustainability Kiosk includes real time energy and water usage numbers in Newcomb Hall.
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- Zipcars to Be A Part of UVa Life
Zipcars are coming to UVa next week. Six of the cars will be available to students, staff, and faculty. Charlottesville residents can also use the cars simply by paying a yearly fee. - Using Green Energy to Make Green M&Ms
Those green M&Ms really are getting greener. A New Jersey candy factory that produces M&M's flipped the switch Monday on a new solar array that provides clean energy.
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- New Monticello Visitor Center Earns Gold Certification
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has been awarded LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center at Monticello.
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- "Green" Local Sports
MLB, NFL, NBA, and the NHL are all making big moves to "go green." Locally, JPJ and UVa have their own environmental strategy, which includes recycling, energy conservation, and venue design.
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- Company Gets $29 Million Bond to Build Solar Plant in Virginia
The federal government has awarded a $29 million bond to American Municipal Power to help pay for construction of a solar-powered energy plant in the Danville area.
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- Cannon Fires 2x4's at Wall
A cannon fires 2x4's at walls as part of Construction Day at Saint Anne's Belfield School.
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- Modular Construction at UVa Means Faster, Safer, and Greener Buildings
A new building at the University of Virginia Medical Center is being assembled just as a child would create a tower of blocks. The process is called Modular Construction, and CBS19 got an up-close view of the process Monday afternoon.
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- Virginia Holds Tax Holiday On Energy-Efficient Products
Virginia is holding its third annual tax holiday on energy-efficient products.
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- Eco-Friendly House Heads Home in Charlottesville
An eco-friendly house is on the move in Charlottesville. University of Virginia Engineering and Architecture students designed and built the energy efficient home for Habitat for Humanity, and now it's heading home.
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