Flooding leads to closure of shellfish harvesting in two Va. rivers (0)
1/29/10 •
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — The Virginia Department of Health has closed portions of two Virginia rivers to shellfish harvesting because of potential pollution in floodwaters triggered by heavy rains in western Virginia.
The affected rivers are the James and Rappahannock. All of the lower James River, from the vicinity of Hog Point in Hog Island State Wildlife [...]
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Explosives spill shuts down North Carolina port (0)
1/12/10 •
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — The port of Morehead City, N.C., has been closed this morning because of a leak of the explosive PETN. Morehead City Mayor Jerry Jones told CNN about noon today that the leak has been contained.
Chief Petty Officer Mike Hvozda (USCG) said the PETN was released from nine heavy cardboard-sided containers — each [...]
Apologies for the hiatus (0)
1/10/10 •
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Anyone who has looked at this blog has noticed that nothing has been posted here in a long time. Some of you have e-mailed me and asked “Why?”
I face the same problem that many freelance journalists do: These days, it “pays” to blog, yet it really doesn’t $PAY$ to blog. In other [...]
N.C. legislature passes plastic bag ban for Outer Banks (0)
6/22/09 •
EDITOR’S NOTE: The story was modified on June 23 to update the lede with more recent developments concerning the bill.
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Despite opposition from business and industry groups, the North Carolina legislature Tuesday passed a bill to ban some uses of plastic bags in the three Outer Banks counties.
The Senate version of the bill [...]
New climate change report suggests dire effects in Mid-Atlantic (0)
6/19/09 •
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — “Human-induced climate change is a reality, not only in remote polar regions and in small, tropical islands, but in every place around the country — in our own backyards. Climate change is happening. It’s happening now.”
So said Dr. Jane Lubchenco, undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans & Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, at a [...]
FEMA warns of lingering hazards from West Virginia flooding (0)
6/12/09 •
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency warned residents of flood-stricken areas of southern West Virginia that, even though the water has gone, lingering threats remain.
Heavy rains triggered flash flooding in southern West Virginia on Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9. More than 300 buildings were destroyed, mud and debris littered miles of [...]
Mid-Atlantic governors sign pact to protect ocean environment (0)
6/11/09 •
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Last Thursday, just a weekend before the first official observance of World Oceans Day, the governors of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia signed an agreement committing the states to a cooperative effort to protect the ocean waters of the Mid-Atlantic.
The “Mid-Atlantic Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Conservation” establishes the Mid-Atlantic [...]
It’s Official: Today is World Oceans Day (0)
6/08/09 •
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Today, June 8, 2009, is the first official World Oceans Day.
Canada proposed holding a World Oceans Day in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The United Nations dithered initially, but the Canadian idea inspired many to unofficially celebrate the day since. Persistent supporters eventually forced the UN to take [...]
Hormone may link fish kills, intersex fish in western Virginia rivers (0)
6/05/09 •
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — The mysterious fish kills that have afflicted the waters of western Virginia the past few years have returned, but this year federal and state researchers appear closer to determining their cause.
In May, anglers and fisheries biologists began reporting small numbers of dead fish and larger numbers of live fish with skin lesions [...]
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