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Statewide environmental news roundup – July 2023 (Part II)
“A major reform of how Virginia regulates the electricity monopoly Dominion Energy is cutting power bills [effective July 1]. It [ends] three surcharges.… it clears the way for a program to ease the impact of Dominion’s pass-through of fuel costs to ratepayers
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Bikes & Brews: Illiterate Light takes its pedal power on the road after a test ride at Pale Fire
It’s Wednesday and I’m rattling up I-81 in a Ford Transit bound for Newport, Rhode Island. Our cargo? Six bikes, eight solar panels, four guitars, one drum kit, and five people. This weekend will be Virginia-based rock duo Illiterate Light’s second time hosting Newport Folk Festival’s bike stage. To prepare for the festival, the band hosted a pop-up show at Pale Fire Brewing on Monday evening.
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City Council entertains doing a 180 on skate park contractor
Before deciding the next step in rebuilding the Westover Skate Park, the city council on Tuesday decided to explore whether it’s best to find a new contractor.
‘Old story repeating’: Local activists say it’s déjà vu after congressional intervention regarding pipeline
Congress’ recent approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline has given its parent company the green light to continue construction and work towards completing the project by the end of 2023. Meanwhile, it’s also given environmental groups and activists a new task — finding ways to halt the project once again.
The Massanutten Regional Library often helps people find answers — now it’s asking patrons for information
Amid broad demographic changes and technological shifts, the Massanutten Regional Library system is finishing gathering public input to help guide its decisions for the next five years.
From “lil ol’ Harrisonburg” to the National Cathedral: Local choir to perform original and traditional music
Linell Moss has been a choir musician and director for decades, but now an opportunity of a lifetime will lead her and the rest of Harrisonburg’s Emmanuel Episcopal parish choir to Washington, D.C., on Monday evening to sing at the National Cathedral.
Watch The Citizen’s piece about the choir members and the performance they’ve been practicing for.
Community Perspective: How do you spend your time?
A contributed perspectives piece by C.A. Mills
Craft (big C and little c) is back baby, and it is back in a big way.
Statewide environmental news roundup – July 2023 (Part I)
“This pipeline was snarled in court. Then Congress stepped in.” The Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s Director declared President Biden’s signing of the debt ceiling bill “will forever stain his legacy on climate and environmental justice … [as] the president who built the Mountain Valley Pipeline [MVP]. The president who locked in new fossil fuel infrastructure for decades to come at the most pivotal point in our climate journey. The president who stomped on more than half a century of bedrock environmental protections as a political favor.”
