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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OPINION: The process is working when it comes to offshore wind energy

By |2024-05-01T13:55:34-04:00November 12, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Offshore Wind Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

In a joint Opinion-Editorial, Virginia Conservation Network and Sierra Club Virginia Chapter celebrate the milestones that will start the construction of the largest offshore wind project in the country.

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ROUNDUP: Virginia Conservation Network Celebrates Next Step for Offshore Wind Energy

By |2024-05-01T13:55:46-04:00October 31, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Offshore Wind Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , |

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).

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US Solar Development Agreement: Integrating Climate, Conservation, & Community

By |2024-05-07T15:22:02-04:00October 16, 2023|Categories: Solar Energy, VCN Partner Resources|Tags: |

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.

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Dominion “Peaker” Plant to Pollute Chesterfield County

By |2024-04-01T12:01:16-04:00October 1, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Environmental Justice, Stopping Fossil Fuel Infrastructure|Tags: , , |

Just 2 miles down the road from Bellwood Elementary School, Dominion Energy plans to construct a massive gas-fired power plant in Chesterfield County.

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What to know about the Inflation Reduction Act on its one-year anniversary

By |2024-06-05T13:28:58-04:00August 20, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Energy Efficiency, Federal Funding, Solar Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

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.

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