From The Green Corner: Environmental Legislation & More!

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:

The Virginia General Assembly is about to begin its 2022 session. You can learn about environmental issues that will be discussed in the session and how to  influence those decisions.Va.  Interfaith Power & Light webinar Jan. 5, 6:30 PM:https://bit.ly/VAIPLGAWEBINAR2

FOR LANDOWNERS IN VIRGINIA:

If you have ever considered using your farmland or forests to help fight climate change, VPISU provides the latest information on the benefits of carbon sequestration:  https://youtu.be/NMCqAnbR924

FOR READING IN 2022:

The book Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World by Daniel Sherrell is now available at the Fauquier Library. This well-written book is different, not about what climate change is or how we solve it, but how to imagine a future and raise children under its weight.

RECYCLING FOR 2022:

Be sure to recycle those Christmas Amazon boxes and your junk mail.   In 2017, after decades as the biggest buyer of US recycling, China decided to restrict its import. The price of discarded cardboard fell by 84%, making recycling economically impossible for some municipalities. Today, new and refurbished paper mills in the US are cranking out cardboard boxes for the pandemic-fueled boom in online sales. Cardboard trades at $171 per ton (up from $60 in 2019). Also, “mixed paper” ( junk mail) now goes into creating pulp for the cardboard boom.

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