RICHMOND \u2013 With just two days left in the 2020 General Assembly, the House of Delegates just voted to advance Senate Bill 851, the Virginia Clean Economy Act, the strongest piece of legislation Virginia\u2019s ever seen to address the climate crisis and advance renewable energy in the Commonwealth. The Senate will now have to act, in order to secure final passage of the VCEA and set Virginia on the pathway to a carbon-free future.<\/p>\n
En respuesta a la votaci\u00f3n de hoy,\u00a0Michael Town, director ejecutivo de la Virginia League of Conservation Voters<\/strong>, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n:<\/p>\n \u201cThe General Assembly is running out of time to address the largest environmental crisis of our time. If the Senate fails to pass serious solutions to climate change, it could be years until we get another opportunity. By then, it will be too late. We urge the Senate to pass the Virginia Clean Economy Act for the good of our health, our future, and our climate.\u201d<\/p>\n Antecedentes: The VCEA also prioritizes empowering disadvantaged communities when making electric generating decisions, protects low-income ratepayers and, for the first time ever, actually addresses the social cost of carbon, meaning the\u00a0the General Assembly has considered the economic. external, and public health impacts that carbon has on local communities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RICHMOND \u2013 With just two days left in the 2020 General Assembly, the House of Delegates just voted to advance Senate Bill 851, the Virginia Clean Economy Act, the strongest piece of legislation Virginia\u2019s ever seen to address the climate crisis and advance renewable energy in the Commonwealth. The Senate will now have to act, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-586","valcv_release","type-valcv_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/586","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\/586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Virginia Clean Economy Act is the most aggressive legislation we\u2019ve seen yet to address climate change and accelerate our transition to renewable energy in Virginia. It will eliminate electricity sector carbon emissions by 2045, implement the state\u2019s first-ever mandatory renewable portfolio standard, require investments in energy efficiency instead of costly infrastructure, and make it easier to install rooftop solar in Virginia.<\/p>\n