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FAIRFAX – Today, Virginia voters elected Ralph Northam as the 73rd Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. A proven environmental leader with almost a decade of public service to Virginians protecting our clean water, air and land resources, Governor-elect Northam made acting on climate change and protecting the environment top issues in this race, a […]
KING GEORGE – Monday, Oct. 9, on the banks of the Potomac River at Caledon State Park, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters presented Senator Richard Stuart with 2017’s Legislative Leadership Award in recognition of his support of key conservation measures during this year’s General Assembly session. “We simply would not have had the success […]
RICHMOND – Today, multiple news outlets reported the Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s intent to move forward with formally repealing the Clean Power Plan and replacing it with a weaker rule that favors fossil fuel interests. Released in its final form in 2015, the Clean Power Plan (CPP) was our nation’s first move to cut carbon […]
RICHMOND – Today, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters released its 2017 General Assembly Conservation Scorecard, which ranks state legislators based on their votes on environmental issues during this year’s legislative session and is the only comprehensive tool in the state to determine how well Virginia’s legislature is protecting our environment when they’re in Richmond. […]
Candidate has the record, experience to protect Va.’s environment against Trump RICHMOND – Citing a long and extensive record working to protect our environment, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters today announced its endorsement of Ralph Northam for Governor. Throughout his career as a State Senator and in his current capacity as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor, […]
RICHMOND – Today, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters announced its endorsement of Mark Herring for re-election as Virginia’s Attorney General. The endorsement is the League’s first backing of a statewide candidate so far in the 2017 election cycle. In making its endorsement, Virginia LCV looked to Attorney General Herring’s strong record defending the environment […]
Withdrawal from Paris comes as state advances its own carbon strategy RICHMOND – Multiple news outlets on May 31 reported President Trump plans to withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate change agreement, an Obama-era global accord aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing the most urgent environmental and public health threat of […]
In 2013, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters worked hard to elect Terry McAuliffe as the Commonwealth of Virginia’s 72nd Governor due to a strong environmental platform that prioritized conservation of our state’s clean water resources and open spaces as well as taking bold action to address climate change and grow our clean energy sector. […]
RICHMOND – Today, Governor McAuliffe issued Executive Directive 11 instructing the Department of Environmental Quality to develop a state-based regulation to cut carbon emissions from Virginia power plants in a way that allows Virginia to trade carbon allowances through a multi-state trading program and caps carbon at levels that correspond with other participating states with […]
Virginia LCV calls on statewide candidates, officials to reject plans to drill in Virginia waters RICHMOND – Today, President Trump released an executive order that puts offshore drilling in Atlantic waters off Virginia’s coast back in contention. This directive reverses the Obama administration’s moratorium on leasing for oil and gas exploration, which came after heated opposition […]
