A big congratulations is due to a team from Virginia Tech for landing top prize of EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge. It involved designing and building an extended-range electric vehicle. Tech…
I think we should end the subsidy for corn-based ethanol, but I could not support the way in which Senator Coburn���s amendment was brought to the floor for a vote.…
Sen. Warner, who has long advocated an “all-of-the-above,” portfolio approach to alternative energy, applauded today’s big announcement on major offshore wind initiatives: as part of the “Smart from the Start”…
As many of you know the EPA proposed a set of regulatory proposals under the Clean Air Act that seeks to regulate emissions from boilers, process heaters, and certain solid…
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that no offshore oil drilling will be allowed off the coast of Virginia for at least the next seven years. This announcement…
Our second day of travel in the Shenandoah Valley began in Hot Springs, where Senator Warner delivered the keynote address for the Virginia Association of Counties annual conference. Senator Warner…
A team from Lynchburg won $5 million and top honors today for their “Very Light Car” – an 840 lb, 102 mpg entry in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize…
The Bristol Herald-Courier reports: as part of a trip through Southwest Virginia on July 23-24, 2010, Senator Warner held a roundtable discussion with energy officials to discuss alternatives that might…
WASHINGTON -- Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will direct more than $5.8 million to St. Paul, Virginia for improvements to water…
