CONSERVATION NEWS
Bill of the Day: Protecting Trees for Clean Water & Community Health
VCN is supporting efforts to protect tree canopies, aiming to enhance public health and ensure clean water for all Virginians.
Bill of the Day: Prioritizing Distributed Solar Energy
VCN is supporting the prioritization of affordable, on-site solar energy to ensure affordable solar for all Virginians.
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.
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