{"id":564,"date":"2021-11-19T15:45:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcv26.wpenginepowered.com\/newsroom\/virginia-lcv-applauds-house-passage-of-build-back-better-act-calls-on-senators-kaine-and-warner-to-finalize-landmark-climate-bill\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T15:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:45:20","slug":"virginia-lcv-applauds-house-passage-of-build-back-better-act-calls-on-senators-kaine-and-warner-to-finalize-landmark-climate-bill","status":"publish","type":"valcv_release","link":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/newsroom\/virginia-lcv-applauds-house-passage-of-build-back-better-act-calls-on-senators-kaine-and-warner-to-finalize-landmark-climate-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia LCV applauds House passage of Build Back Better Act, calls on Senators Kaine and Warner to finalize landmark climate bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>RICHMOND<\/strong> \u2013 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 \u2013 the largest in our nation\u2019s history and one that puts us on a pathway to cutting carbon pollution in half by 2030 and meeting the urgency of the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">En respuesta a este hist\u00f3rico anuncio, <strong>Michael Town, director ejecutivo de la Virginia League of Conservation Voters<\/strong>, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cToday\u2019s vote in the House paves the way for the largest step we\u2019ve ever taken as a country to address climate change, cut pollution, and expand clean energy. The members of Virginia\u2019s House Delegation who supported the Build Back Better Act should be proud of the votes they cast today \u2013 this landmark effort will grow Virginia\u2019s economy, protect vulnerable communities, and put us on the path we need to cut carbon pollution in half by 2030. The decision whether to respond accordingly to the largest environmental threat we\u2019ve ever faced now rests with the Senate, and we thank U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine for helping us get to this point. We are confident they will continue to be on the right side of history.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND \u2013 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 \u2013 the largest in our nation\u2019s history and one that puts us on a pathway to cutting carbon pollution in half by 2030 and meeting the urgency of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-564","valcv_release","type-valcv_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/valcv_release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}