We’re Hiring! Communications & Trainings Associate
The Virginia Conservation Network is hiring a Communications & Trainings Associate to work with VCN’s Communications Director to support education of our key environmental issues.
ROUNDUP: Virginia Conservation Network Celebrates Next Step for Offshore Wind Energy
The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has taken the next step towards completion! The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued its Record of Decision, which kicks off the 90-day approval period of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP).
US Solar Development Agreement: Integrating Climate, Conservation, & Community
Large solar developers, leading land conservation and environmental organizations, tribal nation representatives, agricultural interests, community groups, and investors have aligned in a collaboration agreement, emphasizing solar development strategies that prioritize climate, conservation, and community.
Resource Guide: Creating Walkable Piedmont Communities
Piedmont Environmental Council and the Coalition for Smarter Growth released a guidebook for local governments and stakeholders to implement projects to promote walkable communities.
OPINION: State budget delivers for clean water and protected land
Money talks, and our bipartisan state budget reflects the values of the commonwealth. In an Op-Ed, VCN celebrates a bipartisan budget deal that allocates historic levels of funding for clean water.
Meet Our Two New Board Members
The VCN Board plays an important role in the conservation community, and this fall our Network elected two new members to the Board of Directors.
Dominion “Peaker” Plant to Pollute Chesterfield County
Just 2 miles down the road from Bellwood Elementary School, Dominion Energy plans to construct a massive gas-fired power plant in Chesterfield County.
Honoring retiring environmental champions and the rising generation filling their shoes
Virginia Conservation Network presented six awards at the first annual Conservation Awards at their annual Meeting & Partner Retreat to recognize influential environmental advocacy professionals working in Virginia’s partnership of 160+ organizations.
What to know about the Inflation Reduction Act on its one-year anniversary
August 16th marked the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. The landmark IRA was the first major piece of legislation passed by Congress to address climate change, and just one year after its passage it is already improving Virginia residents’ lives.