VCN is partnering with different organizations to create videos showcasing federal funds being brought into Virginia. C3 has been working alongside Charlottesville Area Transit, which initiated a planning process earlier this year for a transition to a zero-emission bus fleet.
VCN is partnering with different organizations to create videos showcasing federal funds being brought into Virginia. Recently, Generation180 assisted Lynchburg City Schools in leveraging federal funds to electrify a portion of its school bus fleet.
Synapse Energy Economics released a fact sheet evaluating the impact of electric vehicles on Virginia's electricity rates from 2011 to 2021, concluding that EVs lowered rates for both EV-owners and non-EV owners.
The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program provided more than $600 million to US communities for more public chargers for electric vehicles.
The Biden administration on Wednesday issued one of the most significant climate regulations in the nation’s history, a rule designed to ensure that the majority of new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States are all-electric or hybrids by 2032.
VCN is defending our Clean Car Standards to ensure access and affordability to electric vehicles and protect our public health.
August 16th marked the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. The landmark IRA was the first major piece of legislation passed by Congress to address climate change, and just one year after its passage it is already improving Virginia residents’ lives.
The conservation community successfully defeated a series of bills that would have repealed or undermined the Clean Car Standards this General Assembly session.
See conservation policy updates on Crossover, Expanding Solar Energy, and Transit Infrastructure/Electrification Funding from week 5 of the General Assembly session.