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RICHMOND – On Wednesday, April 17, lawmakers rejected Governor Youngkin’s amendments to Senate Bill 729, legislation to establish the Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank in Virginia and take advantage of billions of dollars of potential investment to help drive our clean energy transition. Youngkin’s amendment would have required lawmakers to vote again on the issue in […]
RICHMOND – Today, House and Senate Budget Conferees released their final, agreed-upon spending plans, and the end result delivers on a number of important environmental priorities, including rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and funding key water pollution reduction programs. In response to this decision, Michael Town, Executive Director of the Virginia League of Conservation Voters, issued […]
‘Clean Energy Innovation Authority’ will work to finance pollution reduction, renewable energy projects RICHMOND – Today, in a bipartisan vote of 57-40, the House of Delegates passed Senate Bill 729, legislation from Majority Leader Scott Surovell to create the Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Authority tasked with financing clean energy development and projects that cut greenhouse […]
RICHMOND – Today, Virginia LCV released the Virginia delegation’s scores for the League of Conservation Voters’ 2023 National Environmental Scorecard highlighting how some members chose to champion the environment and protect our democracy, while others failed to do so. Since 1970, LCV’s Scorecard has been the primary yardstick for evaluating the environmental records of members […]
Commission Will Oversee Virginia’s Clean Energy Transition, Hold Utilities Accountable RICHMOND – Yesterday, the General Assembly filled two long-vacant posts on the State Corporation Commission, sending Kelsey Bagot and Sam Towell to join Jehmal Hudson on the regulatory body that oversees our state’s big electric utilities and which will determine the trajectory of Virginia’s clean energy […]
Democrats Stand up for Climate Action, Cutting Harmful Tailpipe Pollution RICHMOND – Today, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources voted down multiple attempts to repeal Virginia’s Advanced Clean Cars Standards, which over time will cut harmful tailpipe pollution while bringing an increasing number of in-demand electric and low-emission vehicles to Virginia. […]
Held Senate, flipped House translate to good environmental outcomes, defeat of Youngkin’s anti-climate action agenda RICHMOND – Today, voters returned a Conservation Majority to the General Assembly, defeating an extreme, MAGA agenda that would have taken us backwards on climate action, clean air and water, safe open spaces and a democracy that works for all […]
‘Record of Decision’ paves the way for enough clean energy to power nearly 1 million homes RICHMOND – Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued its Record of Decision in favor of moving the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project forward. The largest project of its kind, CVOW will consist of 176 wind turbines […]
$2.2M campaign invests heavily in paid field, communications to elect environmental leaders to the General Assembly RICHMOND – Throughout October as we head into the final stretch of the 2023 elections, Virginia LCV’s Political Action Committee (VALCV-PAC) has expanded its on-the-ground field efforts as well as its paid communications programs in key swing districts that are […]
$2M campaign will help elect environmental leaders to the General Assembly RICHMOND – Today, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters announced that its Political Action Committee will be making the organization’s largest investment to-date in must-win legislative elections. Results in November will shape the trajectory of climate action and environmental protection through the next Gubernatorial and […]
