Thanks to Jim’s update on my post yesterday about Stuart Siegel’s land clearing along the James, I now see that the RTD has gotten off the dime and run its own story on the matter. So who will pay for Stuart’s actions? The Science Museum Foundation, which owns the land: Art Dahlberg, the city’s building…

The RTD’s editorial page waxes rhapsodic over Richmond’s master plan and its vision the critical role the James River might play in future development. But the James is more than a role player. It is also a ready metaphor, one the RTD’s editorial writer bathes in with weird glee: Although the James claims a sacred…

Virginia is farther from its goal of preserving a fifth of the Chesapeake Bay watershed in open land than officials had thought, reports Greg Edwards , writing for the Media General News Service. The state has roughly 360,000 acres to preserve under the Chesapeake Bay 2000 Agreement — considerably more than the 239,000 acres previously…

Mrs. Leahy and I are members of the Friends of James River Park. Recently, an email was circulated to the membership regarding a number of trees that Stuart Siegel had removed from Science Museum of Virginia property along the James River in order to improve his view. It seems someone either didn’t follow, or possibly…

As your front law withers from the effects of prolonged drought and unseasonably high temperatures, just be glad you didn’t live in Virginia in 1607. It turns out that the Jamestown settlers had it a lot worse. As you prepare to dine on turkey this Thanksgiving, just remember: 400 years ago, Capt. John Smith and…

On the idea of using a sliding price scale for water use: It might take action by the General Assembly to permit such price flexibility, but consider the likely result: Everybody would conserve more — at every spigot and tap. Those who water their lawns three times a week might find they really need to…

Thinking that it has caught Gov. Timothy M. Kaine in a “gotcha” moment, the House Republican leadership has made an issue of the governor’s “selective sense of urgency” in addressing global warming and illegal immigration. Stated a press release issued yesterday by House Speaker’s office: In today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch, Governor Kaine declares about his proposal…

Global Warming is moving to the forefront of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s environmental agenda. His state energy plan released last month set a goal of cutting statewide emissions of greenhouse gases 30 percent from what they otherwise would be by 2025. And Kaine apparently doesn’t intend to let that recommendation collect dust. At the statewide…