CONSERVATION NEWS ACROSS VIRGINIA
Conservation Community Statements on the Deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and nationwide protests
More than 25 Virginia Conservation Network partners have released statements in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless others whose names we may or may not know.
VCN Welcomes University of Richmond Summer Interns
VCN WELCOMES UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SUMMER INTERNS The University of Richmond School of Law Summer Public Service Fellowship Program provides summer funding to students working in qualifying government, nonprofit, and private sector employment settings. The Fellowship Program makes it financially possible for students to gain valuable, but unpaid, law-related summer employment experience, ensures students are prepared to maximize their summer experience for long-term professional gain, and provides opportunities for students to reflect on their summer experience and apply [...]
Happy Earth Day! Three quick and easy ways to celebrate.
Happy Earth Day! Fifty years ago today, advocates mobilized more than 20 million people to demand action on the environmental challenges of the time. Today, Earth Day is observed in around 190 countries, celebrated by almost 100,000 organizations, and is the largest civic observance in the world. While we can’t celebrate in person this year, here are three quick and easy ways to celebrate today while still observing social distance guidelines: Tell the EPA they can’t suspend pollution enforcement amid [...]
Tell the EPA they Cannot Suspend Pollution Enforcement Amid Global Health Crisis
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it had suspended enforcement of U.S. environmental laws indefinitely, blaming the global COVID-19 pandemic. With this lawless and unprecedented decision, the EPA is avoidably placing communities in danger through unchecked air pollution and other pollution that threatens our air, water, land and wildlife resources -- putting vulnerable Virginia communities at risk. Air pollution exacerbates the severity of COVID-19. According to the New York Times, the millions of Americans already exposed to air pollution are at [...]
Conservation Updates from the 2020 General Assembly – Week 9
VCN Network Partners and advocates with VCEA bill patrons Sen. McClellan and Del. Sullivan. Updates on VCN Priorities VCEA heading to the Governor's desk (HB1526/SB851). In a whirlwind 18-hours, the Senate version of VCEA (SB851) cleared the House after defeating several floor amendments. It was then passed by the Senate this morning and heads to Gov. Northam for his signature. This win belongs to the entire VCN Network but particular thanks go out to Will Cleveland (SELC), Harrison Wallace and Mike Tidwell (CCAN), Mike Town [...]
Roundup: Historic Win for Climate with Passage of Virginia Clean Economy Act
The Virginia legislature has passed the Virginia Clean Economy Act, establishing the Commonwealth as a national leader in the fight against climate change!