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Bob Barker has written a letter to the University of Virginia's president, urging the school to drop a medical training technique that involves live cats.

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The University of Virginia has won two awards for its plan to reduce the waste generated at football games.

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The famous circus agrees to pay a record fine for allegations of animal mistreatment.

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A mild mannered psychologist in Washington, D.C., has created a line of chocolate gelato using hemp. The planet friendly crop is usually associated with rope and clothing, but it has been spun into a rich treat packed with nutrition.

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Sara Polon's Takoma Park soup shop is healthy, eco-friendly and as soul-warming as something in a bowl can be.

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Amanda Coyne, author of "Crude Awakening: Money, Mavericks and Mayhem in Alaska tells News4 about her cause.

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A public housing complex in southeast D.C. was renovated to be eco-friendly.

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The Environmental Protection Agency's conclusion that greenhouse gases are harmful to people's health has been questioned in court by Virginia's attorney general.

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VA will become home to the first facility for the testing and certification of large offshore and land-based electricity-producing wind turbines.

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Officials with the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority are set to break ground next week on a project to build underground stormwater and sewage tunnels in an effort to end polluted discharges into waterways.

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Armadillos seem to be heading north to escape the heat.

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One of the dozens of homes on display at the Solar Decathlon will take up permanent residence in northeast D.C.

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A dead satellite that had been sending data to NASA’s Goddard Center in Greenbelt will come crashing to Earth by the end of the week.

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Parents in Prince William County are being asked to be alert after a mother bear and her cub were seen near Antietam Elementary School in Woodbridge.

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Take our quiz and see if you can tell which answer is more environmentally friendly!

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Halliburton says its new concoction is safe enough to chug.

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Tai Shan's handlers putting him through work-out regimen.

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