ROUNDUP: Central Atlantic Auction Grows Offshore Wind Industry

By |2024-08-23T13:42:40-04:00August 22, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Offshore Wind Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , |

Virginia's offshore wind energy industry continues to grow after the sale of a Central Atlantic lease 35 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to Dominion Energy.

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ROUNDUP: Local Leaders Oppose Gas-Fired Peaker Plant

By |2024-03-22T10:53:01-04:00March 22, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Environmental Justice, Stopping Fossil Fuel Infrastructure, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

Virginia Conservation Network Partners applaud the Central Virginia legislators for sharing a letter of opposition to the proposed gas-fired peaker plant in Chesterfield.

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ROUNDUP: Virginia Conservation Network Celebrates Next Step for Offshore Wind Energy

By |2024-05-01T13:55:46-04:00October 31, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Offshore Wind Energy, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , |

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has taken the next step towards completion! The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued its Record of Decision, which kicks off the 90-day approval period of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP).

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CODE RED: Air Pollution Board Votes to Repeal RGGI

By |2024-05-07T13:17:17-04:00June 8, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Flood Resiliency, RGGI, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

As Virginia's air quality hits Code Red, our Air Pollution Control Board voted to withdraw from RGGI - a program that reduces carbon pollution and protects air quality.

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ROUNDUP: Virginia’s Land Preservation Tax Credit Protects over 1 Million Acres

By |2024-01-05T11:17:25-05:00May 3, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Land Conservation & Recreation|Tags: , , |

Sen. Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. announces over 1 million acres of Virginia land conserved thanks to Virginia's Land Preservation Tax Credit—a major milestone for the conservation community.

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ROUNDUP: Final Clean Car Standards Repeal Bill is Defeated!

By |2023-02-16T14:13:00-05:00February 15, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Transportation Electrification, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

The conservation community successfully defeated a series of bills that would have repealed or undermined the Clean Car Standards this General Assembly session.

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