Tag: DEQ
Plastics Industry Greenwashing Scores Big In the 2021 Virginia General Assembly
by Glen Besa
With more and more stories documenting the plague of plastic waste littering our land and choking our streams, rivers and even our...
Enviro Groups Write Virginia DEQ Director, Argues “it is clear that...
The following press release comes from Wild Virginia and seven other Virginia environmental groups. Virginia DEQ Director David Paylor should listen to them and...
Endangered Fish Need HB 643, the Lazarus Bill, to Pass the...
by Freeda Cathcart, citizen monitor and a Director on the Soil and Water Conservation Board (Blue Ridge District)
Monday is the last day for the...
Ignoring State Climate Rules, Dominion Decides What Carbon Regulations Should Look...
by Ivy Main, cross posted from Power for the People VA
For several years now, Dominion Energy Virginia has factored into its plans an assumption...
Wild Virginia: DEQ’s Stop Work Order to MVP is Appropriate But...
From Wild Virginia:
DEQ's Stop Work Order to MVP is Appropriate But It's Not Enough
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's announcement today, that the agency...
Interview with Former Virginia Air Board Member Sam Bleicher, Who Was...
I had a chance to sit down yesterday with Sam Bleicher, an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and a...
David Paylor: No Confidence, No Confirmation.
From "Water is Life. Protect It."
ACTION ALERT: Call and email your Senator in the Virginia General Assembly to request non confirmation of Director David...
DEQ Director David Paylor Lied to the Virginia Air Pollution Control...
by Jon Sokolow
Lies are best told when there is no paper trail.
And no Freedom of Information Act.
Somebody should explain that to David Paylor, the...
Activists Call Out Northam and His DEQ for Unjust Moves Regarding...
From Stacey Lovelace, Virginia Pipeline Resisters:
RICHMOND, Virginia– Activists from around the Richmond area gathered behind the Office of the Governor and outside the headquarters...
“Northam Administration Schedules Controversial Comment Period Over Christmas: Governor’s Actions Make...
See below for comments from Virginia environmental groups regarding the latest move by the state "Department of Environmental Quality" (in air quotes because it's...