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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Resilient Virginia Revolving Loan Fund Fact Sheet

By |2023-01-16T10:40:36-05:00January 16, 2023|Categories: Flood Resiliency, VCN Partner Resources|

Resilient Virginia Revolving Loan Fund Fact Sheet The Resilient Virginia Revolving Loan Fund (Loan Fund) was enacted during the 2022 General Assembly Session to provide funding, primarily via loans, to local governments to lend to property owners for flood resilience projects. The Loan Fund was capitalized with a [...]

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