
Construction begins on Dominion Energy offshore wind project
Dominion Energy is formally beginning construction on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which will bring an important new source of renewable energy to Virginia customers.

Dominion Energy is formally beginning construction on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which will bring an important new source of renewable energy to Virginia customers.

Congresswoman Elaine Luria (VA-02) spoke on the House Floor and commended the passage of House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr.’s (NJ-06) amendment to prohibit federal spending to advance oil and gas leasing in the Atlantic Ocean.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) co-introduced the Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act.

The Trump administration is set to approve changes to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s “well control rule.”

Congressman A. Donald McEachin led a letter stating opposition to the inclusion of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s offshore area in forthcoming National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.

The Commonwealth of Virginia today submitted comments opposing federal efforts to weaken the ability of states to protect their coastlines and related ocean resources from the negative impacts of offshore oil and gas drilling operations.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) is leading opposition to five IHA permits issued by the NOAA last November.

Over 100 students came together on the Old Dominion University campus at a rally to protest the anticipated expansion of offshore drilling off the Atlantic coast.

Reps. A. Donald McEachin (VA-04), Elaine Luria (VA-02), and Walter B. Jones (NC-03) co-introduced the bipartisan Defend our Coast Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing leases for offshore oil drilling in the mid-Atlantic.

Gov. Ralph Northam released a report Thursday providing a roadmap for Virginia to develop an offshore wind supply chain to serve emerging offshore wind projects along the East Coast.
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