A Year in Review: VCN’s 2023 Annual Report

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A Year in Review: VCN’s 2023 Annual Report

Thanks to highly coordinated efforts and despite political headwinds, VCN — in our role as the strategic facilitator of our 150+ Network Partners — was successful in holding onto major environmental and climate policy successes from the last few years while celebrating historic investments in conservation funding through the budget.

Our Annual Report reviews Virginia Conservation Network’s work from Spring 2022 to Winter 2023. While it feels almost impossible to cover everything we worked on last year in only a few pages, we did our best to squeeze in the highlights, including:

  • our strategy to advance conservation initiatives year-round,
  • our policy gains and challenges through the General Assembly session and beyond,
  • our Network Partner engagement events,
  • and more.

As we sent this annual report to the printer, we learned of the tragic loss of our Clean Energy & Climate Justice Policy Manager, Shawn Soares, on May 4th, 2023. Shawn was committed to devoting his career to bettering the Commonwealth and was a rising star in the climate movement. We are dedicating this annual report to him and are committed to working in his honor moving forward.

See the 2022–23 Annual Report

Read more of our recent updates from our blog:

CCWC Member Highlight: Southside ReLeaf

For Choose Clean Water Coalition's Member Highlight, Pat Calvert, VCN's Director of Clean Water & Land Conservation Programs, recently interviewed Amy Wentz and Sheri Shannon, co-founders of Southside ReLeaf, about their organization, current projects, and more.

Chesterfield Gas Plant Health Impacts Fact Sheet

SELC has released an updated health impacts factsheet on Dominion's proposed 1,000-megawatt gas plant. The update includes a new map indicating both potential sites and revised pollutant data, emphasizing that the gas plant will generate more pollution than the existing coal plant.

Transportation Equity Dashboard

TransitCenter recently updated their Transportation Equity Dashboard, a tool which tracks how well transit connects people to opportunities in the seven regions with the largest transit systems, including Washington, D.C..

Kicking Off Our Third Annual Summer Speaker Series!

The Summer Speaker Series is organized by Virginia Conservation Network's environmental advocacy fellows for our Partners' interns and fellows aimed at building knowledge relevant to young professionals working in the environmental field.

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