CONSERVATION NEWS
6 Takeaways for the Environment from the Compromise Budget
The General Assembly reconvened for a special session on Monday, May 13th to vote on a bipartisan compromise budget. VCN shares the 6 takeaways on what the negotiated budget did for our environmental priorities.
Missed Opportunity to Rejoin RGGI Through the Budget
Our Partners at the Virginia League of Conservation Voters released a joint statement, signed on by VCN and several of our Partners, addressing the absence of language for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the new budget.
A Year in Review: VCN’s 2024 Annual Report
VCN shares our conservation victories and challenges from Spring 2023–Winter 2024 in our Annual Report.
What We’re Focusing On
CLEAN WATER & FLOOD RESILIENCE
Restoring health and water quality to our creeks, rivers, and the Bay by reducing pollution from agriculture, wastewater, and stormwater, and ending plastic waste.
LAND & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Protecting Virginia’s natural resources to support clean water and air, wildlife populations, viewsheds, food security, culture, history, and improved physical and mental health.
LAND USE & TRANSPORTATION
Leveraging smarter land use, expanding alternatives to driving, and electrifying transportation to reduce carbon emissions and lower vehicle miles traveled.
CLIMATE & ENERGY
Responsibly developing clean energy infrastructure, ramping up energy efficiency and solar investments, and ensuring an equitable transition to a clean energy economy.
GOOD GOVERNANCE
Achieving our conservation efforts through an equitable and inclusive government, with policies and programs that represent and benefit all Virginians