Project Green : Local News
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On June 1, you can help Clean the Bay
June 1st marks the 25th anniversary of Clean the Bay Day – the statewide cleanup event dedicated to helping restore the Bay and its rivers and streams. ... Read more..
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New exhibit challenges artists to make treasures from trash
TFC Recycling and AltDaily kick off the Found Art Exhibit at Norfolk City Hall Friday, May 3, at 5:30 p.m.... Read more..
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Chesapeake Bay cleanup continues despite sequester threat
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is dropping 275 oyster reef balls in the Lafayette River this week to create new oyster breeding grounds. It's one of several clean water restoration projects supported by federal funding.... Read more..
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Time to get rid of old, possibly dangerous safety seats
Don't donate it, dump it during the WVEC-TV Safety Seat Round-Up.... Read more..
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AAA Child safety seat Round-Up
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Energy-efficient Walmart Market opens in Newport News
Walmart says the store on Jefferson Ave. has energy-saving features, including LED lights in signs, freezer cases and the parking lot. ... Read more..
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DOCUMENT: Chesapeake Bay health improves, new report shows
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says the bay is still dangerously out of balance, but officials are cautiously optimistic that a new federally-led bay restoration strategy is beginning to work.... Read more..
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Navy shows off new bio-diesel steam plant at Portsmouth base
The plant heats 16 office buildings and 13 warehouses at St. Juliens Creek Annex in Portsmouth.... Read more..
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Hampton Roads Green Living - WVEC.com
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Navy sending fewer ship mattresses to landfills
NORFOLK (AP) -- When the USS Enterprise returns home from its final deployment, one of the first items that will be stripped from the aircraft carrier will be the thousands of mattresses its sailors have... Read more..
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Recycle your cell phone at an Eco-ATM
An ATM machine scans cell phones and pays cash for them. ... Read more..
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Wind energy 'town hall' in Virginia Beach tonight
A study issued this week forecast the creation of more than 70,000 jobs in the Mid-Atlantic states during a 10-year build-up to developing wind farms off the coast from New York to Virginia.... Read more..
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VIMS gets $1M EPA grant aimed at Chesapeake Bay water quality
The EPA is overseeing a multi-state, multi-billion dollar initiative to restore the environmentally-battered estuary.... Read more..
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HRT trying out solar-powered trash cans
Sunlight powers the built-in compactors to crush trash so crews don't have to empty them as often.... Read more..
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Norfolk offers perks to encourage recycling
By signing up for Recycling Perks and recycling regularly, you can earn as much as $300.00 to use at businesses in Norfolk and across the region.... Read more..
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Norfolk looks to bring curbside recycling to downtown
The city says space and resource issues make it difficult to provide curbside recycling for about 200 residents and businesses.... Read more..
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Busch Gardens-Williamsburg banning plastic bags
Plastic bags are banned at the Williamsburg attraction along with the nine other sites of SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment.... Read more..
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Reef balls in Lafayette River loaded with oyster larvae
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and The Elizabeth River Project are developing a new oyster reef in the Lafayette River. Today was all about dropping Reef Balls into the river.... Read more..
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Army Corps completes oyster reef in Elizabeth River
The project began last year and included placement of rocks and substrate and more than 150 bushels of donated shells.... Read more..
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Va Beach science teachers learn about the bay
Thanks to a new program by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation a number of Virginia Beach Science Teachers are getting hands on experience on the water this week.... Read more..
