Map: Gold-Pyrite Belt Downstream Drinking Water
The Southern Environmental Law Center provides a map of drinking water downstream of the Gold-Pyrite Belt. See it here.
Factsheet: Gold Mines Harm Public Health and the Environment
The Southern Environmental Law Center provides a factsheet on gold mining impacts on public health and the environment. Read it here.
Extended Producer Responsibility for Virginia
Environment Virginia provides an explanation on what Extended Producer Responsibility means, a policy approach which could be just what the US needs to revamp plastic recycling-- or eliminate the need for it altogether. Read it here.
“Tanks for Nothing” Report
In Tanks for Nothing: The Decades-Long Failure to Protect the Public from Hazardous Chemical Spills, the Center for Progressive Reform examines the legal and policy failures at EPA and in the states that have led to few protections from hazardous chemical spills and leaks and practically no information about where likely [...]
ROUNDUP: Mountain Valley Pipeline Air Quality Permit
ROUNDUP: Mountain Valley Pipeline Air Quality Permit VIRGINIA AIR QUALITY BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board will meet this week, December 2nd & 3rd, to consider an air quality permit for the proposed Lambert Air Compressor Station, a supporting facility for the Mountain Valley [...]
Climate Investments from the White House Are Coming to Virginia – What Should We Expect?
Climate Investments from the White House Are Coming to Virginia - What Should We Expect? Richmond's Main Street Station is an intermodal station for Amtrak's rail service and Richmond's city transit bus service. Our country is on the brink of the most significant climate investment we have ever [...]
Pollution Prevention Education Week: No Metal Mining & # NOMVP
Chapter 8 of "Our Common Agenda" focuses on Pollution Prevention. Image credit: Lucas Manweiler Welcome to the seventh week of the Our Common Agenda Education Series, featuring the Pollution Prevention chapter. In this week’s blog post, we will be highlighting our “Protecting Virginia’s Environment & Public Health from Industrial [...]
Water Conservation Education Week: Reducing Plastics!
Welcome to the third week of Our Common Agenda Education Series, featuring the Healthy Bay, Rivers, & Creeks chapter of Our Common Agenda.
