How Can Energy Efficiency Create Jobs & Savings in Virginia?
Virginia can lower energy costs, reduce pollution, and spur job growth by implementing ambitious energy efficiency policies.
Metals Mining: How to Protect Virginia
Virginia’s communities are at risk. We must protect water resources with an effective regulatory framework for metals mining.
Report: Plastic Pollution Perception Survey
Virginia voters are concerned about plastic pollution in waterways and support action to reduce plastic pollution, according to a recent survey by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program, Clean Virginia Waterways of Longwood University, and OpinionWorks.
Youngkin’s RGGI Removal Plan
The Youngkin administration’s plan to repeal RGGI through regulation is unlawful. VA joined RGGI through legislative action; therefore, only the General Assembly may act to remove VA from RGGI. Read more about the unlawful removal of RGGI through Wetlands Watch here.
OPINION: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is under attack
Gov-elect Youngkin pledged to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). In response, Virginia Conservation Network's Climate & Energy Policy Manager, Narissa Turner, explains why withdrawing from RGGI would hurt Virginia's families.
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Produces Results!
For Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week, we’re taking a moment to reflect on restoration projects successfully protecting the Bay watershed ecosystem.
ROUNDUP: Executive Order Increases Plastic Waste
Governor Youngkin shares an Executive Order incentivizing increased plastic waste in order to develop waste centers and revokes Executive Order 77, the state’s ongoing plan to phase-out on single-use plastics from public agencies and institutions.
Water Policy: 2022 General Assembly Review
The conservation community successfully passed water policy to increase flood resilience, conserve tree canopies, and reduce polluted runoff.
Virginia Governor Youngkin is wrong about RGGI. Here’s 5 reasons why.
After Governor Youngkin's misleading report on RGGI, the Environmental Defense Fund outlined 5 key reasons why Virginia needs RGGI.