House panel advances bill ending costly coal tax credits
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Virginia s coal tax credits, which officials say are expensive and don t work, might be ending
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State Sen. Ben Chafin, R-Russell, died Friday from complications related to COVID-19, according to his legislative office.
Gov. Ralph Northam and the Virginia Senate Republican Caucus confirmed Chafin died Friday night. He represented a swath of far Southwest Virginia, including part of the New River Valley. He was 60.
âWith the passing of Senator Ben Chafin, Southwest Virginia has lost a strong advocate â and we have all lost a good man,â Northam said in a statement.
Northam has ordered that the Virginia state flag be lowered in his honor and remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of Chafinâs interment.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Some of the COVID-19 graphics presented in the above articles have been updated below.
Also, mentioned in two articles near the end of the disease collection is that there is a new strain of the virus circulating in southeast England that is 70% more infectious than the common strain. Since these news collections were assembled, England has locked down London and several European countries have restricted travelers from the country. I expect that we ll have more news on that in this coming week.