ICN Virginia

When a Retired Scientist Suggested Virginia Weaken Wetlands Protections, the State Said, No Way

After the Supreme Court weakened federal protection of wetlands last year, a Trump transition team member from Fairfax County urged the state to follow suit. But Virginia’s top environmental regulator stood his ground.

By Sarah Vogelsong

A ‘Rights of Nature’ Tribunal Puts the Mountain Valley Pipeline on Trial

By Hannah Chanatry

Youngkin Pledges to Decouple Virginia from California Vehicle Emissions Standards by End of 2024

By Sarah Vogelsong

Virginia Has the Biggest Data Center Market in the World. Can It Also Decarbonize Its Grid?

By Sarah Vogelsong

Energy Developers Want Reforms to Virginia’s Process for Connecting Renewables to the Grid, Hoping to Control Costs 

By Sarah Vogelsong

Virginia Seeks Millions of Dollars in Federal Funds Aimed at Reducing Pollution and Electrifying Transportation and Buildings

By Jake Bolster

To Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a Young Activist Spends 36 Hours Inside it

By Keerti Gopal

Virginia Lawmakers Try to Use Budget to Rejoin RGGI – But Success Is Questionable

By Hannah Chanatry

Virginia Lawmakers Elect Pivotal Utility Regulators To Oversee Energy Transition

By Hannah Chanatry

Virginia Utilities Seek Unbridled Rate Adjustments for Unproven Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Two New Bills

By Jake Bolster

A Year Before Biden’s First Term Ends, Environmental Regulators Rush to Aid Disinvested Communities

By Aman Azhar

New Legislation Aiming to Inject Competition Into Virginia’s Offshore Wind Market Could Spark a Reexamination of Dominion’s Monopoly Power

By Jake Bolster

Advocates Celebrate a Legal Win Against US Navy’s Staggering Pollution in the Potomac River. A Lack of Effective Regulation Could Dampen the Spirit

By Aman Azhar

Developers Seek Big Changes to the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate Extension, Amid Sustained Opposition

By Hannah Chanatry

Environmental Justice Advocates in Virginia Fear Recent Legal Gains Could Be Thwarted by Politics in Richmond

By Hannah Chanatry

Virginia Environmental Groups Form New Data Center Reform Coalition, Call for More Industry Oversight

By Jake Bolster

Nearby Residents and Environmentalists Criticize New Dominion Natural Gas Power Plant As a ‘Slap In the Face’

By Jake Bolster

Dominion’s Proposed Virginia Power Plant Casts Doubt on Its Commitments to Clean Energy

By Jake Bolster

With Democrats Back in Control of Virginia’s General Assembly, Environmentalists See a Narrow Path Forward for Climate Policy

By Hannah Chanatry