A new project added this week to ABRA’s Conservation Hub highlights the growing threat off-road-vehicles (ORVs) pose to the environmental integrity of public lands. Sponsored by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the project includes an interactive online map to help
Ghazala F. Hashmi column: Mountain Valley Pipeline is unjust and our state board must deny new permits
Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 11/25/21
22 Virginia legislators urge Gov. Northam to suspend construction on MVP
Card – WFXR-TV – 8-6-20
Dominion and Virginia Lawmakers Race to Define Clean Energy Goals, Offshore Wind Plans
Card – Greentech Media – 2/11/20
Virginia Lawmakers Move to Dismantle Energy Monopoly
Card – Courthouse News Services – 1/9/20 Related: Proposed bills could eat into Dominion Energy’s excess earnings and end the monopoly
Letter from Grassroots Progressive, Enviro Groups Urges Virginia Democratic Legislators to Aggressively Address the Climate Crisis
Card – Blue Virginia – 1/11/20
Natural gas development is speeding up in Virginia. Legislators will have to square that with state climate goals.
Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/30/19
Charitable Gifts by Utilities Used to Win Public Support, New Study Says
In a first-of-its-kind analysis, the Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) has examined the philanthropic contributions of 10 leading investor-owned electric utilities in the U.S. EPI found that “all of these major utilities use their charitable giving to manipulate politics, policies
“Strings Attached”: New Report Examines How Dominion, Other Utilities “Use Charitable Giving to Influence Politics and Increase Investor Profits”
Card – Blue Virginia – 12/11/19
Senior advisor to lawmakers: Gov. Cooper’s office didn’t meddle in DEQ permitting of Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Card – The Progressive Pulse – 11/8/19 Related: GOP swings and misses with pipeline attacks on Cooper