Our Work
VCN promotes environmental stewardship at the state capitol. Each year, VCN staff evaluate thousands of bills and develop policy recommendations for a cleaner, healthier Virginia. Here are some of our top priorities.
Citizen Involvement
Helping Virginians understand and influence the decisions that affect their health and quality of life is part of VCN's mission. Increasing citizen involvement and transparency in government helps ensure that our shared resources are protected.
Climate Change
Climate change has broad implications for Virginia, threatening not just our coastal communities but also our fisheries, farms, wildlife and public health. Decisive action today will help protect Virginia from the worst of global warming.
Energy
VCN works to move Virginia toward an ambitious, clean and safe energy program. A responsible program begins with energy efficiency and conservation programs that benefit working Virginians and should protect Virginia's air for the health of its citizens.
Forests
Virginia's forests provide a vital resource: protecting our air, bolstering Virginia's economy, serving as a special place for recreation, and absorbing carbon from the air.
Land Conservation
Virginia's lands need protection and preservation now more than ever. Successful land conservation requires action and initiative at all levels that is geared toward the protection of a diversity of lands.
Transportation
VCN works to link land use planning with transportation, acknowledging changing development forces such as urban revitalization, affordable housing, and the increasingly prohibitive expense of sprawl.
Water
All Virginian's benefit from the protection of our streams, rivers and wetlands. Clean water is vital for a healthy environment and thriving communities.
Wildlife
Virginia needs to protect the ability of wildlife enthusiasts, hunter, and fisherman alike to have access to the state's bounty.
Archives
View VCN Briefing Books, legislative positions, and policy recommendations from previous years.