Plastic Bag Bans Work
Our Partners at Environment Virginia highlight the success of single-use plastic bag bans on reducing plastic bag use and associated litter and pollution.
Bill of the Day: Simple Solutions for Safer Streets
VCN is supporting efforts to support pedestrian and bicyclist safety, further reducing fatalities on Virginia's roads.
Bill of the Day: Funding Virginia’s Great Outdoors
VCN is supporting efforts to increase conservation and outdoor recreation funding.
Bill of the Day: Protecting Trees for Clean Water & Community Health
VCN is supporting efforts to protect tree canopies, aiming to enhance public health and ensure clean water for all Virginians.
Bill of the Day: Prioritizing Distributed Solar Energy
VCN is supporting the prioritization of affordable, on-site solar energy to ensure affordable solar for all Virginians.
Federal Energy Funding for Rural and Remote Areas: A Guide for Communities
The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations released a resource guide for individuals looking for federal funding and assistance for local energy projects in rural or remote communities.
Federal Funding & Opportunities for the Chesapeake Region
The Campbell Foundation released a resource guide providing an overview of different pathways through which current federal funding is being distributed to the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Water Program Portal
Atlas Public Policy & Water Foundation released their Water Program Portal, a digital information hub for organizations and public agencies tracking recent federal investments in water, specifically the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.
IRA & IIJA Fact Sheet
Generation 180 released a fact sheet that informs individuals and communities how to access new federal funds under the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and other new Federal funding in their communities.