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- July 8, 2022
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Youngkin’s Middle Road on Environment Frustrates Environmentalists and Hard-Line Republicans

Governor Glenn Youngkin’s environmental policy is frustrating both environmentalists and hard-line Republicans. Since he took office, Youngkin has touted a middle road on energy policy although some Republicans think solar and wind are harmful for Virginia. On the other hand, Youngkin has reversed a plan to phase out single-use plastics for state agencies and tried […]

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- March 18, 2019
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Northam Vetoes GOP-Led Bills To Require Legislative Supermajority For Climate Change Initiatives

Requiring a two-thirds vote in the General Assembly to participate in cap-and-trade and other climate change mitigation initiatives “violates the Virginia Constitution and would significantly undercut efforts,” Governor Northam says.

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- March 8, 2019
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Budget Bill Blocks Bloomberg’s Influence In Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s Office

Virginia now becomes the first state in the country to address the issue of embedding privately-funded attorneys in state prosecutor offices.

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- May 5, 2018
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Taylor Talks Tangier Island At Eastern Shore Town Hall

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Congressman Scott Taylor (VA-2) met with his constituents at an informal “town hall” meeting in Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore this week and spoke at length about the sea level rise affecting Tangier Island and threatening its 722 inhabitants. 

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- January 3, 2018
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Climate Alarmists Are Abandoning Science

As I enjoy consecutive days of subzero temperatures and windchills in the Northeastern United States, I am reminded of the continuing debate over the cause of global climate change – specifically, whether or not humans contribute significantly enough to the changes so as to disrupt an otherwise homeostatic global mise-en-scène. I don’t intend to commit […]

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Summa Cum Laude historian out of Old Dominion University and former Virginia bureaucrat. Currently serving God at Westminster Theo ...