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Surry coal plant would make a bad neighbor
Let's say your neighbor decides to build a contraption on his property that would shoot dirty air in your direction and contaminate your soil and water. And let's say when you object, your neighbor tells you to mind your own blanking business. This is...Tags: Great Dismal Swamp, Disasters and Accidents, Isle of Wight County, Smithfield, Pollution
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Old Dominion Electric Cooperative turns green, but keeps coal with Dendron plant proposal
Earlier this month, a regional energy cooperative announced a deal to buy electricity from a wind farm in Pennsylvania. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) is proud of its efforts to diversify beyond conventional generation sources and into more...Tags: Heart Attack, A Donald McEachin, Dendron, NASA, Energy
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Experts: Surry coal plant could bring health, environmental woes to Hampton Roads
247-4535ISLE OF WIGHT — Pollutants emitted by a 1,500-megawatt coal-fueled power plant proposed for Surry County could have far-reaching, long-lasting health and environmental fallouts for Hampton Roads, according to a spokesman with the Chesapeake Bay...Tags: Bodies of Water, Dendron, Chesapeake Bay, Isle of Wight County, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Isle of Wight to hold forum on coal plant's health risks
247-4535– A panel of speakers will discuss the potential health and environmental impact of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative's proposed coal-fueled power plant in neighboring Surry County during a community forum next week. Speakers scheduled for the Feb....Tags: Dendron, Environmental Issues, Sussex County (Virginia), Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Environmental Pollution
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The fight against a big, polluting coal-fired plant has many fronts, at the local and the state level
The battle over whether a big coal-fired power plant should be built in southeastern Virginia doesn't have just one front. While opponents have been focusing on one site, centered on Dendron in Surry County, it's been all quiet on the Western Front &#...Tags: Science and Technology, Dendron, Environmental Pollution, Local Government, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Surry Board of Supervisor approves controversial coal plant
247-4535Despite public pleas for an independent environmental study, the Surry County Board of Supervisors on Thursday unanimously approved land-use permits that could bring the state's largest coal-fueled power plant to the rural county. "It's not every day...Tags: Bodies of Water, Dendron, State Budgets, Environmental Pollution, Companies and Corporations
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Surry power plant now faces last local hurdle
247-4535DENDRON — As several people held up placards opposing a proposed coal-fueled power plant, the Dendron Town Council voted 4-3 late Monday to approve Old Dominion Electric Cooperative's rezoning and conditional-use applications to build the facility...Tags: Elections, Dendron, Environmental Issues, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Sussex County (Virginia)
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City Guide: Surry
Surry County A short ferry ride across the James River from Jamestown can transport you to rural Surry County. When the first English settlers sailed up the James River in 1607, they first landed on the south side of the river near the present town of...Tags: Wildlife, Science and Technology, Natural Resources, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Tour Operations Industry
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Just Looking: Historic Glebe House, 3700 Colonial Trail West, Surry
Address: The Historic Glebe House, 3700 Colonial Trail West, Surry, Va.
Price: $799,000
Listing agent: Catherine Correll Walls, Broker, Virginia Home and Land Company, Surry, 294-9100, http://www.surryvarealestate.us
Basics: The Glebe House of...Tags: Sussex County (Virginia), Surry (Surry, Virginia)
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52 percent of local schools meet No Child Left Behind AYP goals
Schools statewide slipped in meeting federal No Child Left Behind Act achievement goals, with 40 percent not making adequate yearly progress, or AYP, this year. Results, based on pass rates on state tests, were released Thursday by the Virginia Department...Tags: Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Mathews County, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Isle of Wight County
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CHAPTER 7: Changing Times and a Failing Body
247-7824When U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Edward Ratcliff stepped out of his heavy wool military uniform for the last time, he was a changed man. He had marched on the front lines of the War of the Rebellion. He had watched men die, and he had taken men's lives. When...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Fort Monroe, Tuberculosis, George Washington, Slavery
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