More than 250 conservation advocates met in Richmond for Conservation Lobby Day. Pictured: Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, Bettina Ring. (Photo credit: Marco Sanchez, PEC) Updates on VCN Priorities Virginia Clean Economy Act (HB1526/SB851). Next week marks a pivotal moment for the VCEA. Board member Kendyl Crawford had a great op-ed [...]

Network Partners join Sen. Lewis after the passing of SB795 through subcommittee on a largely bi-partisan vote. The bill removes outdated language that expresses Virginia's support of offshore drilling. Updates on VCN Priorities Restoring the regulatory power of the SCC and saving ratepayers billions (HB1132). Since 2015, Dominion Energy has overcharged its Virginia customers [...]

The Trump administration today will strip Clean Water Act protections for more than half the nation’s wetlands and millions of miles of streams-- numbers confirmed by the administration’s own analysis. The cuts put drinking water sources for millions of people in the U.S. at risk and jeopardize the ability to [...]

On Tuesday, January 21, more than 250 conservation advocates met with legislators for VCN's 2020 Conservation Lobby Day. Advocates completed more than 50 meetings int he Pocahontas building, lobbying their state representatives on legislation including the Virginia Clean Economy Act, cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, and a variety of additional [...]

EARLY BIRD ENDS JANUARY 17 AT 11:59 PM Hundreds of clean energy supporters joined CCAN and the Sierra Club for the Rally and Lobby Day for Clean Energy (Photo credit: Adrienne Eichner). Updates on VCN Priorities VCN endorses the Virginia Clean Economy Act (HB1526/SB851). The VCEA moves the Commonwealth to a 100% carbon-free [...]

SIGN UP TODAY! Happy Hour Primer "Madam Speaker." For the first time in the 400-year history of the Virginia General Assembly, a woman was elected Speaker of the House. Del. Filler-Corn was sworn in on Wednesday and joins Charniele Herring, the first woman and African American Majority Leader, and Suzette Denslow, the [...]

2019 was a big yearThis year, we pushed a unified agenda, gaining historic investments for our rivers and streams, and a plan to clean up coal ash in Virginia. We kicked off the third and final phase to clean up the Chesapeake Bay by 2025, ratcheted up our effort to [...]

On Thursday, Gov. Ralph Northam announced a $3.7 billion investment to transform the Commonwealth's passenger, commuter, and freight rail. Included in the 10-year plan is the building of a new bridge across the Potomac to support Long Bridge, doubling the number of Virginia Amtrak trains, and providing "nearly hourly" service [...]

On Thursday morning, Sen. Jennifer McClellan, Del. Rip Sullivan, and Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy joined a broad and diverse coalition of advocacy groups and business voices to unveil the Virginia Clean Economy Act, a bill that will take historic steps to give Virginia a 100% carbon-free electricity grid and eliminate emissions by Virginia’s utilities [...]