Tag: Environment
Clean Water Advocates Sue to Stop Political Pressure to Bail Out...
See below for a press release from citizen groups, including Wild Virginia, which explains:
"We are petitioning the federal court of appeals to strike the...
An Early Look at Climate and Energy Bills In the 2021...
by Ivy Main, cross posted from Power for the People VA
Last year Virginia’s General Assembly passed more than 30 separate clean energy bills, which together...
Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke) Introduces “Green New Deal Act” Calling for...
This morning, Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke) introduced HB1937, the "Green New Deal Act." Last year, Del. Rasoul also introduced a "Green New Deal Act,"...
Breaking News: In Another Big Blow to Mountain Valley Pipeline, Virginia DEQ...
by Jon Sokolow
On December 21, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers containing a list of...
Virginia Made Progress on Clean Electricity in 2020; For 2021, We...
After many years of Virginia doing basically jack-shit, under Republican "leadership" (in air quotes), when it comes to addressing the climate crisis and spurring...
Sunday News: “Virus Overwhelms U.S. and Europe Even as Vaccines Roll...
by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 20.
U.K. orders stricter Covid lockdown in London...
FERC “greenlights Mountain Valley [Pipeline]’s request to resume construction in a...
See below for the latest news, courtesy of Sarah Vogelsong of the Virginia Mercury, regarding the Mountain Valley Pipeline fracked-gas monstrosity, this time with...
Do Hominoids Dream of Solar Sheep?
by Ivy Main, cross posted from Power for the People VA
Everybody has a favorite topic to bring up at parties when someone who knows...
Wanda Sykes Featured in New Clean Virginia Video Calling for Energy...
From Clean Virginia:
Wanda Sykes Featured in New Clean Virginia Video Calling for Energy Reform in Virginia
Emmy-nominated illustrator challenges power of utility monopolies in “Beyond...
New Analysis: Even with VA Clean Economy Act, We’ll Only Get...
As we repeatedly pointed out in early 2020, during the debate over the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA), that legislation is far from perfect,...