
House passes infrastructure investment legislation
The House voted Wednesday to pass H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, broad transportation and infrastructure legislation.

The House voted Wednesday to pass H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, broad transportation and infrastructure legislation.

Gov. Ralph Northam today ceremonially signed landmark offshore wind legislation and led a delegation of legislators, industry members, and stakeholders to tour the ongoing construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind demonstration project.

The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley (CAAV), a non-profit, grassroots group of volunteers in the Central Shenandoah Valley, produces “The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News” to inform legislators and the public.

The United States Supreme Court has reversed a lower-court ruling that had blocked construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley (CAAV), a non-profit, grassroots group of volunteers in the Central Shenandoah Valley, produces “The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News” to inform legislators and the public.

The Sierra Club Virginia Chapter has released its annual legislative scorecard, a standardized scoring of legislators’ votes related to protecting Virginia’s environment, ensuring fair and equitable energy policies, and adopting climate solutions.

On April 22, Earth Day celebrated its 50th anniversary. Back in 1970, some 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate against pollution and other environmental ills.

The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund has announced its endorsement of Mark Warner for U.S. Senate in Virginia.

House Democrats unveiled on Wednesday a new framework for a five-year, $760 billion investment in the nation’s infrastructure.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin, D-Va., introduced the Offshore Accountability Act of 2020 on Tuesday, on the anniversary of the devastating 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill,
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