Report: Dangerous Inheritance we're passing to Virginia's youth
Young adults in Virginia are experiencing hotter temperatures and more intense storms than their predecessors did in the 1970’s, according to a new report by Environment Virginia Research & Policy...
View ArticleDangerous Inheritance
As a result of global warming, young Virginians today are growing up in a different climate than their parents and grandparents experienced. It is warmer than it used to be. Storms pack more of a...
View ArticleMclean residents gather for ‘Moms and Docs Climate Roundtable
MCLEAN – As summer temperatures rise and flash floods plague the Beltway region, over 40 community members of all ages gathered at the Dolley Madison Community Library for a “Moms and Docs Climate...
View ArticleGov. McAuliffe Urged to Ramp up Offshore Wind Power
Today we released a letter from 55 conservation organizations, businesses and individuals urging the Governor to take the steps that will enable Virginia to capture the immense wind energy resource off...
View ArticleReport: Virginia leadership can help an international agreement on climate
Virginia is gearing up to play a major role in U.S. progress to address climate change, a new report said today. In the next decade, the state will cut as much global warming pollution as 22 billion...
View ArticlePath to the Paris Climate Conference
In December 2015, world leaders will convene in Paris to negotiate an international agreement to address the serious threat of global warming. As the country responsible for more climate-changing...
View ArticleVirginia Leaders Voice Support for Clean Power Plan
Following the finalization of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan today, six Virginia elected officials, health professionals and business and faith leaders, including Senator Donald...
View ArticleTough carbon pollution limits huge step on climate & clean energy
Environment Virginia's response to the finalization of the EPA's Clean Power Plan.
View ArticleLighting the Way
Solar energy is booming. In just the last three years, America’s solar photovoltaic capacity tripled. In 2014, a third of the United States’ new installed electric capacity came from solar power. And...
View ArticleNew smog standard better but not good enough for our kids' health
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today set a tighter but inadequate new standard for ozone, the health-threatening pollutant that forms when sunlight mixes with emissions from factories,...
View ArticleLetter to President Obama:
Letter to President Obama from hundreds of Atlantic Coast conservation groups, businesses, public officials, faith leaders and more urging continued leadership on offshore wind.
View ArticleHundreds of Atlantic Coast Groups Urge Continued Leadership for Offshore Wind
Hundreds of Atlantic Coast groups, businesses and officials joined together on a national letter to President Obama and his agency heads, urging them to continue their leadership in developing wind...
View ArticlePres. Obama rejects Keystone XL, helps seal climate legacy
In a widely anticipated decision, today President Obama rejected construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, designed to transport tar sands from Canada across the United States.
View ArticleTurning to the Wind
Wind power continues to grow as a source of clean energy across America. The United States generated 26 times more electricity from wind power in 2014 than it did in 2001. American wind power has...
View ArticleHitting Close to Home Fact Sheet
Every year, weather-related disaster injure or kill hundreds of Americans and cause billions of dollars in damage. Many of the risks posed by extreme weather will likely increase in a warming world.
View ArticleMap: 112 of Virginia’s 133 cities and counties were recently affected by...
Virginia Beach, Va – Ninety-one percent of Virginians live in cities or counties affected recently by weather-related disasters, including a tornado that touched down in Waverly, VA according to an...
View ArticleExtreme Weather Map
Wednesday, March 9, 2016Our new interactive extreme weather map shows weather-related disasters in the United States over the last five years and tells the stories of the people and communities who...
View ArticleNational Environmental and Health Leaders Urge Va. Governor Terry McAuliffe...
Conservation and health leaders representing over 5 million supporters nationwide today released a first-of-its-kind letter to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe asking him to cut global warming pollution.
View ArticleNational Leaders Letter to Governor McAuliffe on Climate, Energy
Letter to Governor McAuliffe from national environmental leaders supporting a strong Clean Power Plan.
View ArticleOutpouring of support for Clean Power Plan shows polluters' cause lonelier...
Today marks the end of a week that saw an outpouring of legal support for the Clean Power Plan from major corporations, elected officials, environmental, health and faith organizations, including many...
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