RICHMOND – Según informes de prensa publicados hoy en Politico, el gobernador electo Glenn Youngkin planea anunciar hoy a Andrew Wheeler, un ex cabildero del carbón, como el próximo Secretario de Recursos Naturales de Virginia. Wheeler, titular de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental durante la Administración Trump tras la renuncia del descaradamente corrupto Scott Pruitt, presidió un período sin precedentes de […]
RICHMOND – Today, outgoing Governor Ralph Northam unveiled his 2022-2024 budget to a joint meeting of the House Appropriations, House Finance, and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees. The proposed budget contains nearly $1 billion in investments that will increase access to nature, safeguard clean water, and protect our natural resources. In response to this announcement, […]
RICHMOND – Today, the State Water Control Board voted 3-2, with two members absent, to approve an incredibly flawed permit allowing Mountain Valley Pipeline to proceed with construction across water bodies in Southwest Virginia, a decision that ignores a track record including hundreds of violations of Virginia’s water quality laws, and one that flies in […]
CHATHAM, VA – Today, acting through the lens of the Virginia Environmental Justice Act, the State Air Pollution Control Board rejected a permit that would have allowed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to operate a compressor station in an environmental justice community alongside existing fossil fuel infrastructure already negatively impacting public health in this part of […]
RICHMOND – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the landmark Build Back Better Act, which contains a $555 billion investment in clean energy and climate action – the largest in our nation’s history and one that puts us on a pathway to cutting carbon pollution in half by 2030 and meeting the urgency of […]
RICHMOND – Today, after months of negotiations, President Biden announced a compromise Build Back Better framework that contains a record $555 billion investment in clean energy and climate action – the largest in our nation’s history that, if passed by Congress, will put us on a pathway to cutting carbon pollution in half by 2030. […]
RICHMOND – Today, Virginia LCV learned of the passing of W. Tayloe Murphy, a former Delegate and Secretary of Natural Resources whose immense dedication to the Chesapeake Bay and protecting our environment helped shape policy-making for years and will always be remembered. In response to this sad news, Michael Town, executive director of the Virginia League of […]
Poll emphasizes that Virginia voters strongly favor action to cut pollution, expand clean energy RICHMOND – Recent polling conducted by Global Strategies Group on behalf of the Virginia League of Conservation Voters finds that addressing climate change, expanding clean energy, and safeguarding our environment are important issues in mobilizing key swing voters in the 2021 […]
RICHMOND – Today, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters released its 2021 General Assembly Conservation Scorecard, which ranks members of the legislature based on their votes on key environmental legislation. The full 2021 Scorecard can be viewed and downloaded here and at-a-glance lawmaker scores are available here. The 2021 General Assembly was like no other […]
Environmental group emphasizes Terry’s commitment to climate action, a clean environment in making key endorsement RICHMOND – Today, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters officially announced its endorsement of Terry McAuliffe for Governor ahead of must-win statewide and House of Delegates elections this fall for the future of environmental protections in Virginia. “Over the past […]
