
What’s making news in climate, environment: January 2026 update
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger detailed her plans to make utility bills more affordable, as the cost of electricity continues to rise.

Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger detailed her plans to make utility bills more affordable, as the cost of electricity continues to rise.
The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule established prohibitions on road construction on nearly 60 million acres of public lands.
Climate change details the rapid increase of Earth’s temperature resulting from the excessive emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Artificial turf fields have been rising in popularity as a low-maintenance (no mowing or watering) alternative to natural grass; North America has more than 18,000 synthetic fields, and 1,500 are added annually.
Community groups in Virginia and North Carolina are putting pressure on the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to deny a permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate project.
The recently passed Republican-driven legislative and economic package has sparked intense backlash among environmentalists, who argue that its contents represent a step backward for environmental protection and climate action.
One of Pope Francis’s passions is the impact of climate on marginalized communities, and the harshness of consumerism that maintained these inadequacies.
Although Palestine is a relatively small territory, it has historically been an ecologically rich area due to the abundant groundwater dispersed by sand wells throughout Gaza.
MAGA Republicans like the free market, until the free market does things like, oh, I dunno, prioritize diversity, or the environment.
The Center for International Environmental Law announces the appointment of Rebecca Brown as its new President and CEO.
AFP will break down local, Virginia and national races in the battle for the control of Congress Tuesday night.