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
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
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