
Northam congratulates offshore wind conference participants
Gov. Ralph Northam congratulates the Business Network for Offshore Wind and participants at its International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum.

Gov. Ralph Northam congratulates the Business Network for Offshore Wind and participants at its International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum.

The Chesapeake Bay restoration effort stands to get a hefty infusion of funding from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal reached in the U.S. Senate.

Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04) is leading an effort for additional investments to support environmental justice initiatives and provide resources for low-income communities, communities of color, and indigenous and tribal communities.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04) joined a community town hall hosted by Virginia Interfaith Power and Light this week to discuss President Biden’s Build Back Better priorities, the Justice 40 Initiative, his environmental justice efforts in Congress, and job creation.

Last week, the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond ruled in favor of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, rejecting the Virginia Manufacturers Association’s challenge to the regulations enabling Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced that 34 small technology-focused businesses in Virginia will receive a total of $3.4 million in Commonwealth Commercialization Fund grants.

Gov. Ralph Northam highlighted new laws that take effect July 1 with the start of the new fiscal year in the Commonwealth.

Gov. Ralph Northam today welcomed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to the Commonwealth to tour The Port of Virginia and discuss offshore wind industry supply chain opportunities.

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.

Despite their name, rare earth elements are not hard to find. These 17 heavy metals are dispersed in small amounts throughout the Earth’s crust, with some even more abundant than copper.
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