Bipartisan Support on Environmental Bills: Regulation of Toxics

By |2024-03-26T11:56:30-04:00March 21, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Toxic Pollution, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , |

Pat Calvert, Director of Clean Water and Land Conservation at Virginia Conservation Network, is quoted supporting a new law regualte toxic PFAS pollution.

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Coming Soon: Signs Warning Consumers About Invasive Plants

By |2024-03-26T11:45:33-04:00March 16, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Protecting Native Species, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , |

Pat Calvert, Director of Clean Water and Land Conservation at Virginia Conservation Network, is quoted supporting a new law to control the spread of invasive species in the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily.

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OPINION: The process is working when it comes to offshore wind energy

By |2024-05-01T13:55:34-04:00November 12, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Offshore Wind Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

In a joint Opinion-Editorial, Virginia Conservation Network and Sierra Club Virginia Chapter celebrate the milestones that will start the construction of the largest offshore wind project in the country.

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OPINION: State budget delivers for clean water and protected land

By |2023-10-24T10:24:27-04:00October 8, 2023|Categories: Clean Water, Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Land Conservation & Recreation, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

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.

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Honoring retiring environmental champions and the rising generation filling their shoes

By |2024-04-04T13:19:52-04:00September 29, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, VCN News|Tags: , |

Virginia Conservation Network presented six awards at the first annual Conservation Awards at their annual Meeting & Partner Retreat to recognize influential environmental advocacy professionals working in Virginia’s partnership of 160+ organizations.

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ROUNDUP: Conservation Community on the Governor’s Budget Proposal

By |2022-12-21T09:51:33-05:00December 20, 2022|Categories: Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , |

The Governor’s amendments maintained, and in some cases increased, funding for many programs protecting our natural resources. However, some key programs saw cuts, and there remained missed opportunities for critical investments.

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OPINION: “All of the Above,” but not all-in on offshore wind

By |2024-05-01T13:56:07-04:00October 31, 2022|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Offshore Wind Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , , |

Virginians cannot afford to put today’s clean energy solutions on hold. In an Op-Ed, VCN explains why we need to be all-in on offshore wind energy to cut household energy costs, grow our economy, and create jobs.

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OPINION: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is under attack

By |2024-03-21T13:19:26-04:00September 8, 2022|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Energy Efficiency, Flood Resiliency, RGGI, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

Gov-elect Youngkin pledged to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). In response, Virginia Conservation Network's Climate & Energy Policy Manager, Narissa Turner, explains why withdrawing from RGGI would hurt Virginia's families.

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Partnership Of 150+ Environmental Organizations Call On Gov. Youngkin To Withdraw Wheeler Secretary Nomination

By |2022-10-12T12:34:21-04:00January 14, 2022|Categories: Updates From The Capital|Tags: , |

In an unprecedented move, Virginia Conservation Network called on Governor Glenn Youngkin to withdraw his nomination of Andrew Wheeler for the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources role.

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