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RICHMOND – Today, at a regular meeting of the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board, Acting Natural Resources Secretary Travis Voyles announced the Administration’s plans to begin a process to repeal our participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by the end of 2023. To date, our membership in this program has returned nearly $400 million […]
Inflation Reduction Act is largest effort to-date from Congress to tackle climate change, expand clean energy RICHMOND – Today, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, sending this package to President Biden for his signature and paving the way for the largest win on climate action and clean […]
RICHMOND – Yesterday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WVa.) announced he had reached an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which if passed would be the largest climate action funding package in our nation’s history, resulting in a 40 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. In response […]
Youngkin Disappoints on the Environment in First Grading of this Administration RICHMOND – Today, the Virginia League of Conservation Voters released its 2022 Conservation Scorecard, which ranks all 140 members of the legislature based on their votes on key environmental legislation, and for the first time, includes comprehensive rankings for the Governor based on his […]
In his first few months on the job, Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has done little to advance environmental protection, focusing instead on rolling back important environmental safeguards, while appointing individuals with deep ties to the fossil fuel industry to his administration and to important regulatory posts. Furthermore, Gov. Youngkin has shown little interest in working […]
Here are some of the environmental priorities that made it into the final budget as well as some missed opportunities and setbacks as passed in the conference report and signed into law: Water Quality Water Quality Improvement Fund: $314 million This is the full allocation proposed by the legislature, but $26 million less than […]
RICHMOND – Yesterday, Governor Youngkin signed Executive Order 19 establishing an Office of Regulatory Management tasked with reducing Virginia’s regulations by an arbitrary 25 percent. Tapped to lead this office is Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator under President Trump where he presided over an unprecedented rollback of lifesaving environmental safeguards. Wheeler […]
RICHMOND – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court significantly curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to address climate change by reducing power plant emissions in ruling that the Clean Air Act doesn’t give EPA “broad authority” to regulate greenhouse gas pollution from the energy sector. In response to today’s ruling, Michael Town, Executive Director of the […]
RICHMOND – Today, U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04) joined State Senator Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), the Virginia League of Conservation Voters, the League of Conservation Voters, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 666 in Highland Springs to discuss opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law while renewing […]
RICHMOND – Yesterday, Governor Youngkin unveiled a skewed report on Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in an attempt to provide political cover for his unconstitutional efforts to side-step the General Assembly and remove Virginia from this valuable program. In response to this report, Michael Town, executive director of the Virginia League of […]
