Governor Spanberger released Virginia’s Data Center Accountability Framework, a detailed, wide-ranging plan to address many of the impacts facing communities in crisis today from the rapidly growing industry. The announcement included the signing of Executive Order 22 and a policy platform to be introduced this upcoming General Assembly session.
The recently proposed compromise conference budget contains many missed opportunities for Virginia’s environment and communities. Virginia Conservation Network urges immediate action on many of these missed opportunities.
The House and Senate released new biennium budget proposals that lack environmental protections for data center growth.
We must make sure that Virginia rejoins the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as soon as possible through budget items 4-5.12 #2s and 4-5.12 #1h.
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.
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.
Virginia must rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and is poised to do so through a proposed budget amendment.
Every two years Virginia’s Governor introduces a biennial (two-year) budget. See what Governor Youngkin allocated for Virginia's natural resources.
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.