About Nicole Vaughan

As the Director of Communications & Outreach, Nicole manages VCN's digital & written presence, website, the Virginia General Assembly Bill Tracker, and the editing & compilation process of Our Common Agenda.

Clean Water & Flood Resilience Recap: 2024 Policy Outcomes

By |2024-03-25T09:34:00-04:00March 13, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Updates From The Capital|Tags: |

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.

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Land & Wildlife Conservation Recap: 2024 Policy Outcomes

By |2024-04-29T15:52:21-04:00March 12, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Land Conservation & Recreation, Protecting Native Species, Tree Preservation, Updates From The Capital|Tags: |

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.

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Land Use & Transportation Recap: 2024 Policy Outcomes

By |2024-03-13T16:09:23-04:00March 11, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Updates From The Capital|Tags: |

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.

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Bill of the Day: Paying for Small-Scale Nuclear Reactors

By |2024-03-21T13:42:16-04:00February 23, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Updates From The Capital, Utility Accountability|Tags: , , |

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.

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Crossover Update from Virginia’s 2024 General Assembly Session

By |2024-02-14T11:40:45-05:00February 14, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , |

As of this Tuesday, we have reached “crossover” – the day that bills introduced and passed in one chamber of the General Assembly must “cross over” to be voted on by the other. VCN provides an update on the remaining conservation bills in this long session.

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