CONSERVATION NEWS
Bill of the Day: Keeping Clean Cars in Virginia
VCN is defending our Clean Car Standards to ensure access and affordability to electric vehicles and protect our public health.
Advocate for Environmental Action at Water & Conservation Lobby Day!
We need your voice more than ever this year. VCN’s Conservation Lobby Day pairs hundreds of passionate constituents with their local legislators to discuss important environmental issues and policy solutions.
ROUNDUP: Governor Youngkin Releases Conservation Budget
Every two years Virginia’s Governor introduces a biennial (two-year) budget. See what Governor Youngkin allocated for Virginia's natural resources.
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