The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and the Sierra Club Environmental Law Program filed on January 15 a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in response to the briefs filed in December by the U.S. Forest Service and the Atlantic
Resolution Would Invite VA Counties, Cities to Join West Virginia
A West Virginia House of Delegates resolution introduced on January 14 would invite Virginia counties or independent cities that are dissatisfied with prospective legislation in the Virginia General Assembly on gun control to leave Virginia and become part of West
Top Democrat Energy Staffer Joins Duke Energy as VP
The Democrat Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Sarah Venuto, has been named Vice President of Public Policy for Duke Energy. She began her duties on January 13. Ms. Venuto was appointed to the
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
Youth Activists Ask VA Democrats To Support Green New Deal Bill
Card – Patch – 1/13/20
‘Raging granny’ faces music for pipeline protest: ‘Happy that I did it’
Card – Virginia Mercury – 1/14/20
Letter from Grassroots Progressive, Enviro Groups Urges Virginia Democratic Legislators to Aggressively Address the Climate Crisis
Card – Blue Virginia – 1/11/20
Five 2020 Energy Predictions: Solar Surge, Coal Crash, Gas Exorcism, Clean Energy Incentives, Public Mobilization
Card – Forbes – 1/13/20 Related: ACORE’s four policies to clean the grid
Time to Overturn Precedent on FERC Orders, Landowners Tell Court
Card – Bloomberg Law – 1/13/20 Related: D.C. Circuit En Banc Review of FERC Tolling Orders Could Have Profound Implications for Infrastructure Projects Requiring FERC Approval
Trump’s Weakening of Environmental Rules Would Leave the Public in the Dark
Card – The New York Times – 1/10/20