CODE RED: Air Pollution Board Votes to Repeal RGGI

By |2023-06-09T12:13:43-04:00June 8, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, 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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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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Virginia’s Latest Attempt to Battle Climate Change is in Danger

By |2024-03-25T15:01:03-04:00April 11, 2019|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, RGGI|Tags: , , , |

The State Air Pollution Control Board will vote on the final regulations to allow the Commonwealth to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which will make Virginia the first Southern state to take such a bold step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants.

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