What the 2016 Virginia General Assembly means for the environment
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Virginia Conservation Network held its annual General Assembly Preview, a one-stop–shop for all environmental issues in Virginia’s 2016 General Assembly.
Search Results for solar energy
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Report: Virginia leadership can help an international agreement on climate
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Virginia is gearing up to play a major role in U.S. progress to address climate change, a new report said today. In the next decade, the state will cut as much global warming pollution as 22 billion tons of coal burned annually.
Conservation groups call on Virginia utilities to expand clean power opportunities
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Based on past plans filed by the power companies, Virginia is already 79% of the way to meeting its Clean Power Plan target for 2030. Conservation groups are calling on the power companies to address the three issues in the Integrated Resource Plans.
Governor McAuliffe’s signature 2015 agenda items take effect today
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Key pieces of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s 2015 New Virginia Economy legislative agenda are among the nearly 800 pieces of legislation that take effect today.
June events at the Waynesboro Public Library
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The Waynesboro Public Library has a busy month of June planned.
510nano Incorporated to invest $11 million to relocate headquarters to Greensville County
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510nano Incorporated, a developer of renewable energy projects and technologies, will invest $11 million to relocate its headquarters and establish a manufacturing operation in Greensville County.
Ken Plum: Electricity will be cheaper and cheaper
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Under a bill passed by the General Assembly in the 2015 session and signed by the Governor, the cost of electricity in Virginia will go down next month, and the base rate of electricity will be frozen for the next five years.
Senate Democrats win pro-environment compromise on utilities bill
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This afternoon, at Democrats’ behest, the Senate adopted a series of strongly pro-environment amendments that resolved substantial issues with SB 1349.
Governor McAuliffe announces jobs, economic development agenda
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Governor Terry McAuliffe released his New Virginia Economic Strategic Plan and a series of legislative proposals aimed at accomplishing the plan’s mission of growing and diversifying the Virginia economy.
EPA’s carbon pollution rules: Good for business, good for the economy
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Some national business organizations have hammered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for proposing new rules on carbon pollution from existing power plants, cutting carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, using 2005 levels as a baseline. What planet are they on?
