General Assembly Recap: An Inside Look at Environmental Policy Outcomes
Grab your ticket for VCN's General Assembly Recap on April 24th for an inside look at the environmental policy outcomes from the 2026 General Assembly session.
Bill of the Day: Rejoining RGGI
The General Assembly has advanced legislation that would return Virginia to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Bill of the Day: Nature-Based Solutions to Protect Our Wetlands
Virginia’s coastal wetlands are among the most critical natural resources, but continue to be lost at a significant rate.
Bill of the Day: Preserving Tree Canopy
Virginia continues to lose tree canopy at an astonishing rate. This loss of tree canopy needs to be slowed and replaced to help manage stormwater, flooding, and mitigate against the most harmful effects of climate change.
Bill of the Day: Environmental Justice & Protecting Rights
Several bills this session build towards a more environmentally just Virginia.
Bill of the Day: Reduce, Reuse, Extended Producer Responsibility, Recycle
Extended Producer Responsibility is the concept that manufacturers are responsible for the entire lifecycle of their product, particularly for end-of-life disposal and recycling. These programs shift waste management burdens away from consumers, local governments, and taxpayers to the producers, which incentivizes producers to design programs and products to be more sustainable, reusable, or recyclable.
Bill of the Day: Creating Safe, Affordable Housing
VCN is supporting legislation that would create more safe, affordable housing across the Commonwealth.
Report: Air Pollution Impacts from Data Centers in Northern Virginia
VCU's Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environment published a report examining the extent of current and potential future air pollution emissions from data centers in Northern Virginia.
Crossover Update from Virginia’s 2026 General Assembly Session
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 unprecedented amount of remaining conservation bills in this long session.