EARLY BIRD ENDS JANUARY 17 AT 11:59 PM Hundreds of clean energy supporters joined CCAN and the Sierra Club for the Rally and Lobby Day for Clean Energy (Photo credit: Adrienne Eichner). Updates on VCN Priorities VCN endorses the Virginia Clean Economy Act (HB1526/SB851). The VCEA moves the Commonwealth to a 100% carbon-free [...]
OPINION: Virginia Clean Economy Act VCN’s own Kristie Smith, Climate & Clean Energy Policy & Campaigns Manager, is featured in Energy News Network discussing the Virginia Clean Economy Act. Virginia environmentalists have reason to be giddy and emboldened as the General Assembly delves into lawmaking this month. For [...]
SIGN UP TODAY! Happy Hour Primer "Madam Speaker." For the first time in the 400-year history of the Virginia General Assembly, a woman was elected Speaker of the House. Del. Filler-Corn was sworn in on Wednesday and joins Charniele Herring, the first woman and African American Majority Leader, and Suzette Denslow, the [...]
2019 was a big yearThis year, we pushed a unified agenda, gaining historic investments for our rivers and streams, and a plan to clean up coal ash in Virginia. We kicked off the third and final phase to clean up the Chesapeake Bay by 2025, ratcheted up our effort to [...]
Gov. Ralph Northam announced a $3.7 billion investment to transform the Commonwealth’s passenger, commuter, and freight rail.
On Thursday morning, Sen. Jennifer McClellan, Del. Rip Sullivan, and Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy joined a broad and diverse coalition of advocacy groups and business voices to unveil the Virginia Clean Economy Act, a bill that will take historic steps to give Virginia a 100% carbon-free electricity grid and eliminate emissions by [...]
ROUNDUP: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INCREASES CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM FUNDING TO $85 MILLION Yesterday, Congress announced the funding of $85 million to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) for FY20. This is an increase over the $73 million allocated to CBP for the past five years. [...]
The Northam Administration announced investments in natural resources for the 2020-22 budget, such as Chesapeake Bay clean up by 2025, addressing climate change through RGGI to boost coastal resilience, creating the Office of Offshore Wind, and more.
On Saturday, December 7, more than 350 members of Virginia’s conservation community convened in multiple locations across the Commonwealth for a preview of what’s in store for our natural resources and landscapes in the 2020 General Assembly session.Continuing with VCN's commitment to making its events as accessible as possible for [...]