Tag: Energy
Enviro Groups, Joined by Monacan Indian Nation, File New Lawsuit Challenging...
Thanks to Jon Sokolow for highlighting this new lawsuit in the ongoing fight against the environmentally destructive, economically nonsensical, fracked-gas Mountain Valley Pipeline boondoggle....
AG Mark Herring Part of Lawsuit That Just Blocked Trump’s “Dirty...
From AG Mark Herring's office:
ATTORNEY GENERAL HERRING BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DIRTY POWER RULE
~ Herring sued to block the Trump EPA’s “Dirty Power” Affordable Clean...
In Final Days, Trump’s Viciously Anti-Environment, Pro-Fossil-Fuel Interior Secretary Approves “Right-of-Way”...
The following statement (see below) is from Wild Virginia's Conservation Director David Sligh, regarding this "Record of Decision" "approving a right-of-way (ROW) and temporary...
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...
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...
Dominion Takes Step in Establishing Offshore Wind Industry: Contracts for Construction/Services...
by A Siegel
Offshore wind is a complex and enormous capital construction domain. Among other requirements, specific ships -- jack ships that extends legs to...