Posted: 12:12 PM A study on extending light rail to Virginia Beach is being pushed back for about a year.

Posted: 12:04 PM Old Dominion Electric Cooperative has received a state permit to conduct tests in the James River for its proposed $6 billion coal-fired plant in Surry County.

Posted: 11:57 AM Altavista officials have approved Dominion Virginia Power's plan to convert a coal-fired power plant to run on renewable biomass.

Posted: 12:32 PM Officials with Triad Engineering and the Department of Environmental Protection are meeting with southern coalfields residents who believe their wells were poisoned with slurry.

Posted: 12:28 PM A pair of electric cars has impressed an insurer-funded research group that looks into safety.

Updated: 5:31 PM The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is holding a Save The Bay photo contest and the public can help judge.

Updated: 5:08 PM An environmental group is criticizing a West Virginia University program to teach communities about Marcellus shale drilling because it receives funding from the natural gas industry.

Posted: 2:41 PM As gas prices continue to climb with no end in sight, more and more people in the Valley are looking for other ways to get around that don't require gas.

Posted: 11:39 AM Charleston officials are frustrated by the Department of Transportation's omission of state-owned streets in the city from its annual paving plan.

Posted: 11:36 AM Candidates for governor agree that action needs to be taken on Marcellus shale, but they disagree as to what and how.

Posted: 2:52 PM Close to 150 people from across the Valley gathered in Downtown Harrisonburg Saturday to discuss how to make the Valley a more sustainable place to live, work and play at the Shenandoah Sustainability Summit.

Updated: 7:19 PM Developers say they're ready for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Mingo County site of a proposed coal-to-gasoline plant.

Updated: 10:44 AM Virginia watermen have removed more than 28,000 "ghost" crab pots from the Chesapeake Bay watershed over the past three years as part of a federal and state effort to restore the crab population.

Updated: 7:15 PM The CIA is touting its version of eco-shredding on Earth Day, saying it's found a way to make the "burn after reading" process environmentally friendly.

Posted: 2:42 PM Millions of people around the world are celebrating Earth Day, and some in the Valley are trying to find ways to stop global warming.

Posted: 2:36 PM It often happens that drivers will hit animals, and they aren't always deer along the roadways, but people might be wondering what is done with the animal's carcass.

Updated: 7:59 AM Friday marked the 41st annual Earth Day, and many in the Valley recycle for their part to make the community greener.

Posted: 4:51 PM The Monongahela National Forest has gotten a little bit bigger.

Posted: 12:57 PM Workers have stopped the flow of drilling fluids from a natural gas well in rural northern Pennsylvania that leaked the chemical-laced water for two days following an equipment problem.

Posted: 12:53 PM A north-central West Virginia coal mine is back in business about ten days after a coal slurry spill.

Posted: 12:05 PM American Electric's coal-fired power plant in Mason County will be the first in West Virginia to use a new technology that removes selenium from its wastewater.

Posted: 12:02 PM A Virginia Department of Transportation scientist says the agency could save money and help the environment if it composted roadkill.

Posted: 11:59 AM Richmond's mayor is calling for more green efforts by city agencies and workers.

Updated: 5:49 PM A new survey shows underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay decreased last year.

Updated: 5:09 PM The state Economic Development Authority is backing a proposed $4 billion plant to convert coal to gasoline.