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Governor McDonnell announced today that the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is moving forward with the next step in offshore wind energy development off the Virginia coast.

As Virginia prepares for the beginning of spring fire season which runs from Feb. 15 through April 30, Governor Bob McDonnell is warning Virginians that the threat of wildfires is increased this year due to Virginia’s mild winter.

The Alexandria Sanitation Authority continues its commitment to protect the environment and enhance sustainability in all of its operations by installing solar panels on the roof of its main pump station building.

U.S. Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today again urged the Obama Administration, in a letter to the Secretary of the Interior, to include areas off the coast of Virginia in the Department's upcoming leasing plan. The letter also called on the Department to revise the map of the mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to more accurately reflect Virginia’s energy resources.

Yesterday the Senate of Virginia passed Senator Chap Petersen's Cost Effective Public Buildings Act (SB160) which requires state agencies and institutions to use energy efficient protocols, such as LEED building designs, in new construction and renovation.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is seeking volunteers to raise underwater Bay grasses in their homes, schools, or businesses as part of CBF’s Grasses for the Masses program.

On Friday, USDA Natural Resources and Environment Under Secretary Harris Sherman announced $10 million in new Conservation Innovation Grant funding for projects that enhance the effectiveness of water quality credit trading.

This morning, USDA Natural Resources and Environment Under Secretary Harris Sherman announced $10 million in new Conservation Innovation Grant funding for projects that enhance the effectiveness of water quality credit trading.

The City of Alexandria’s Department of Transportation & Environmental Services, Office of Environmental Quality announces top environmental achievements for 2011.

On Jan. 03. 2012, at approximately 6:38 pm the fire department responded to the 600 block of North Overlook Drive for a reported fuel oil spill in the basement of a house.