Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced on September 22 he was appointing Ann Jennings as the new Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources. Ms. Jennings has served as Deputy Secretary of the department and replaces Matt Strickler, who was appointed to the position when Governor Northam took office in 2018.
Governor tells lawmakers to ‘go back to the drawing board’ on major energy bill
- – WRAL News – 6/19/21
Council on Environmental Justice asks Northam to institute fossil fuel infrastructure ban
- – Virginia Mercury – 4/16/21
Governor Northam signs bill for study of gold mining in Virginia
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed into law a bill that would direct a study of gold mining in the Commonwealth. The issue arose last year when ABRA member Friends of Buckingham became aware that a Canadian mining company was considering the establishment of an open pit mine in Buckingham County to access a gold seam that extends all the way to Northern Virginia.
Louisiana governor’s goal: net zero greenhouse gases by 2050
- – Associated Press – 8/19/20
22 Virginia legislators urge Gov. Northam to suspend construction on MVP
- – WFXR-TV – 8-6-20
Stop Mountain Valley Pipeline from polluting Southwest Virginia’s water
- – Virginia Mercury – 7/30/20
Lovelace: Pipeline cancellation puts spotlight on Northam and Herring inaction
- – The Franklin News-Post – 7/29/20
Northam speeds up Virginia’s clean energy timetable
- – Virginia Business – 7/7/20
Northam should think like a doctor about pipelines
- – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 5/23/20