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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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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OPINION: Pulling Out of RGGI Would Hurt Virginia Families

By |2024-04-04T11:32:23-04:00December 16, 2021|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Flood Resiliency, RGGI|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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OPINION: Build on success; boost Chesapeake protection

By |2024-03-25T12:44:28-04:00June 25, 2019|Categories: Clean Water, Conservation News Across the Commonwealth|Tags: , , |

The Virginia Conservation Network's Land & Water Policy Manager calls on all levels of government to support Virginia's cleanup plan and increase pollution reductions in the face of climate change.

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