
$100M in funding approved for Hampton Roads water improvement projects
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has closed a loan with Hampton Roads Sanitation District to finance $100 million of their Capital Improvement Plan.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has closed a loan with Hampton Roads Sanitation District to finance $100 million of their Capital Improvement Plan.

Bausch + Lomb will invest more than $35 million to expand its manufacturing facility in the City of Lynchburg. In total, 79 new jobs will be created over the next five years.

Virginia has become the newest member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a market-based collaborative effort among Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to combat climate change.

Clean Energy Virginia, announced today, will drive investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency and help meet the Commonwealth’s goals for clean energy production.

The Earth Day Staunton Chalk Art Festival will take place in the Howard Johnson parking lot off Lewis Street on Saturday, July 11. Artists will creat their art from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline today, and environmental groups from across the Mid-Atlantic are celebrating the news.

Hoping to bounce back from an unusually cold spring, some Virginia farmers are now embracing the early summer rainfall.

Bipartisan legislation to make it easier for farmers and foresters using conservation practices to participate in carbon markets has been introduced in the House.

Fleetwood Homes, a leading homebuilder and maker of manufactured homes, plans to invest $2.1 million, including $700,000 in new equipment, to renovate and expand its Rocky Mount facility.

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