Clean Water & Flood Resilience Recap: 2025 Bill Outcomes
Virginia Conservation Network advocated for 25 bills this General Assembly session that protect communities from flooding, reduce toxic pollution in water, reduce plastic litter, and more.
Video: Designing Living Shorelines for Sea Level Rise in Virginia
Wetland Watch's Mary-Carson Stiff & Stacie McGraw recently hosted a webinar providing an overview of their new resource, "Designing Living Shorelines for Sea Level Rise in Virginia", which guides shoreline communities in addressing rising sea levels.
Designing Living Shorelines for Sea Level Rise in Virginia
Wetlands Watch released a new resource to help individuals or groups who are living or working along the shoreline seek sustainable and adaptive solutions to combat the challenges posed by rising sea levels and coastal hazards.
Bill of the Day: Investing in Flood Resilience and Preparedness
Virginia need a reliably resourced, coordinated, and comprehensive approach to flood preparedness and resilience.
Bill of the Day: Ending Plastic Pellet Pollution
Virginia must take immediate action to reduce or eliminate plastic pellet pollution.
Bill of the Day: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
We must make sure that Virginia rejoins the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as soon as possible through budget items 4-5.12 #2s and 4-5.12 #1h.
Chesapeake Bay State Governors Recommit to Restoration
Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania governors all attended the Executive Council meeting and recommitted to the collaborative effort to protect and restore the Bay and its rivers and streams.
How Toxic Sewage Sludge Hurts Virginia Farms
Virginia farmers are discovering PFAS contamination in sewage sludge used as fertilizer, putting their farms and local communities at risk.
ROUNDUP: Court Rules in Favor of RGGI
The Circuit Court of Floyd County ruled that the regulatory action removing Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was “unlawful and without effect.”