OPINION: Tree preservation: A quality of life opportunity for Virginia
Robert Benson submits a Letter To The Editor in the Virginia Mercury stating that tree preservation is important for quality of life in Virginia.
Coming Soon: Signs Warning Consumers About Invasive Plants
Pat Calvert, Director of Clean Water and Land Conservation at Virginia Conservation Network, is quoted supporting a new law to control the spread of invasive species in the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily.
Good Governance Recap: 2024 Policy Outcomes
Virginia Conservation Network advocated for 20 bills this General Assembly session that protect ratepayers from rising energy costs, ensure meaningful regulatory standards, improve oversight of utilities, and more.
Climate & Energy Recap: 2024 Policy Outcomes
Virginia Conservation Network advocated for 39 bills this General Assembly session that remove barriers for customer-owned solar, increase energy efficiency targets, defend our key climate policies, and more.
Clean Water & Flood Resilience Recap: 2024 Policy Outcomes
Virginia Conservation Network advocated for 35 bills this General Assembly session that protect our water policy by enhancing flood resiliency, prohibiting toxic substances, reducing plastic waste, and more.
Land & Wildlife Conservation Recap: 2024 Policy Outcomes
Virginia Conservation Network advocated for 18 land conservation & wildlife bills this General Assembly session that protect our diminishing tree canopy, reduce invasive species, fund critical outdoor programs, and more.
Land Use & Transportation Recap: 2024 Policy Outcomes
Virginia Conservation Network advocated for 49 land use & transportation bills this General Assembly session that supported electric vehicle accessibility, making streets safer, protecting funding for public transportation, and more.
Bill of the Day: RGGI Budget Battle
Virginia must rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and is poised to do so through a proposed budget amendment.
Bill of the Day: Paying for Small-Scale Nuclear Reactors
Small-scale nuclear reactors aka "SMRs" are one of the most expensive power projects to build, and several bills this session would allow utilities to push cost risk onto ratepayers.