http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/100 Category: Environment en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Thu, 15 May 2008 22:36:15 -0400 With Gov. Timothy M. Kaine choosing not to intervene in an environmental dispute, a state panel on Thursday approved new rules aimed at curbing storm ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/virginia-panel-approves-rules-storm-water Thu, 15 May 2008 21:42:32 -0400 State environmental groups are urging Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to step in and toughen proposed rules for more than 100 cities, universities and military ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/storm-water-runoff-targeted-bay-pollution-source Tue, 13 May 2008 23:02:56 -0400 CHESAPEAKE Farmers and others familiar with the 217-acre site on which a golf course made from fly ash now sits say they doubt that elevated boron ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/did-farms-foul-water-farmers-dont-think-so-0 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:23:05 -0400 NORFOLK Former CIA Director James Woolsey drives an electric hybrid car. Solar panels help power his Maryland home, and green batteries store elect ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/environment-isnt-left-vs-right-issue-exofficial-says Tue, 13 May 2008 00:50:28 -0400 CHESAPEAKE Meet the andquot;Green Teamandquot; - 75 gifted-and-talented third-graders from Chesapeake who spent their school year learning abou ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/green-team-makes-its-mark-chesaspeake Fri, 09 May 2008 00:10:12 -0400 Sometime before or on Thursday morning, a shorebird called a least tern laid a single egg in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. A National Park Service ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/shore-bird-buffers-close-3-popular-outer-banks-beaches Fri, 09 May 2008 00:01:54 -0400 NORFOLK Environmentalists announced lofty new plans Wednesday for cleaning up the Elizabeth River, including a goal of making the long-abused water ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/scientists-announce-efforts-clean-elizabeth-river Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:06:14 -0400 Underwater grasses, key indicators of ecological health, increased about 10 percent last year throughout the Chesapeake Bay, though they remain spar ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/chesapeake-bay-grasses-show-signs-rebounding Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:38:48 -0400 Virginia lawmakers are urging Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to declare a state of emergency because of waning crab stocks in the Chesapeake Bay and to petiti ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/amid-crab-crunch-legislators-push-state-emergency Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:07:01 -0400 NEWPORT NEWS With watermen howling in protest and threatening to sue, Virginia officials passed sweeping limits Tuesday on harvesting blue crabs fr ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/virginia-clamps-down-harvest-blue-crabs Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:18:26 -0400