
Climate Action Alliance of the Valley news roundup: July 2021
First edition of a new Climate Action Alliance of the Valley Roundup of environmental and energy news!

First edition of a new Climate Action Alliance of the Valley Roundup of environmental and energy news!

Gov. Ralph Northam marked Constitution Day earlier in the week by visiting the Library of Virginia to view original copies of four of Virginia’s Constitutions and commemorate 50 years since the current Virginia Constitution took effect on July 1, 1971.

Sens. Mark R. Warner and Senator Tim Kaine announced $4,869,900 in federal grants and loans from the USDA awarded to communities across the Commonwealth to fund much needed infrastructure improvements.

The Virginia Offshore Wind project will be among the first in the nation to use a new federal permitting process designed to accelerate offshore wind development in the United States.

AEW star Cody Rhodes joined media members on a conference call on Thursday to promote the company’s upcoming “Double or Nothing” pay-per-view (Sunday, 8 p.m. ET).

A Facebook advisory board has upheld the platform’s suspension of the account of former President Donald Trump, but the board said Wednesday that Facebook must complete its review of this matter within six months

Virginia has finalized agreements with Amtrak, CSX and Virginia Railway Express to launch a $3.7 billion investment that will expand and improve passenger, commuter and freight rail in the Commonwealth.

Legislation introduced in the Senate this week aims to fix a flawed formula that results in disproportionately low Medicare payments for hospitals in rural and low-wage areas.

Survivors of deceased miners face difficulties securing the benefits to which they are entitled due to bureaucratic proof requirements that are often too difficult to meet.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.
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