{"id":592,"date":"2019-12-11T19:13:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcv26.wpenginepowered.com\/newsroom\/virginia-lcv-applauds-governors-proposed-budget-for-natural-resources\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T19:13:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:13:55","slug":"virginia-lcv-applauds-governors-proposed-budget-for-natural-resources","status":"publish","type":"valcv_release","link":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/newsroom\/virginia-lcv-applauds-governors-proposed-budget-for-natural-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia LCV applauds Governor\u2019s proposed budget for natural resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Spending plan prioritizes clean water, conservation, climate action, and environmental justice<\/h4>\n<p>RICHMOND \u2013 Today, Governor Northam offered a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/all-releases\/2019\/december\/headline-849847-en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/all-releases\/2019\/december\/headline-849847-en.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1576177681336000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2VVeTSeVV_AGN7nr6IV4iikGrxA\">first glimpse of his natural resources budget<\/a>\u00a0with $733 million of proposed funding for the environment. This funding would go to help Virginia meet its goals in the ongoing Bay cleanup, protect more land resources, expand clean energy, ensure environmental justice, and strengthen the commonwealth\u2019s environmental enforcement capability.<\/p>\n<p>In response to today\u2019s announcement,\u00a0Michael Town, executive director of the Virginia League of Conservation Voters, issued the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince his election two years ago, Governor Northam has advocated for more robust funding to protect our environment. The proposal this administration just released is the most funding we\u2019ve ever seen to protect clean water, clean air, open spaces, and vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n<p>We applaud Northam for following through on his commitments and look forward to working with the new Conservation Majority at the General Assembly to secure the strongest budget yet for conservation, climate action, environmental justice, and clean energy in 2020.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spending plan prioritizes clean water, conservation, climate action, and environmental justice RICHMOND \u2013 Today, Governor Northam offered a\u00a0first glimpse of his natural resources budget\u00a0with $733 million of proposed funding for the environment. This funding would go to help Virginia meet its goals in the ongoing Bay cleanup, protect more land resources, expand clean energy, ensure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-592","valcv_release","type-valcv_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/592","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\/592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}