OPINION: State budget delivers for clean water and protected land

By |2023-10-24T10:24:27-04:00October 8, 2023|Categories: Clean Water, Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Land Conservation & Recreation, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

Money talks, and our bipartisan state budget reflects the values of the commonwealth. In an Op-Ed, VCN celebrates a bipartisan budget deal that allocates historic levels of funding for clean water.

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Federal Funding & Opportunities for the Chesapeake Region

By |2024-04-04T10:50:56-04:00October 1, 2023|Categories: Clean Water, Federal Funding, VCN Partner Resources|Tags: , , |

The Campbell Foundation released a resource guide providing an overview of different pathways through which current federal funding is being distributed to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 

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CODE RED: Air Pollution Board Votes to Repeal RGGI

By |2024-05-07T13:17:17-04:00June 8, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Flood Resiliency, RGGI, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

As Virginia's air quality hits Code Red, our Air Pollution Control Board voted to withdraw from RGGI - a program that reduces carbon pollution and protects air quality.

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Breathing Plastic: The Health Impacts of Invisible Plastics in the Air (Report)

By |2024-03-20T11:24:53-04:00March 28, 2023|Categories: Plastic Waste, VCN Partner Resources|Tags: |

Breathing Plastic: The Health Impacts of Invisible Plastics in the Air analyzes the implications of micro- and nanoplastics moving through the air and entering the human body via inhalation.

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Chesapeake Bay Commission: Federal Agency Budget Request

By |2024-04-04T10:54:17-04:00March 14, 2023|Categories: Clean Water, Federal Funding, VCN Partner Resources|Tags: , |

The Chesapeake Bay Commission released the Federal Agency Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2024. In this document, the Commission details the federal funding required to continue our progress toward a restored Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Water Policy: 2023 General Assembly Review

By |2024-04-04T10:54:37-04:00February 28, 2023|Categories: Clean Water, Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Plastic Waste, Toxic Pollution, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , , |

Policies to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, reduce plastic pollution, and reduce toxins in our drinking water.

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