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Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has opposed the state’s inclusion in RGGI, a two-decade old effort to reduce emissions among a group of eastern states. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Virginia Lawmakers Try to Use Budget to Rejoin RGGI – But Success Is Questionable

By Hannah Chanatry

People pass electrical power lines on a a bike path in Arlington, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Lawmakers Elect Pivotal Utility Regulators To Oversee Energy Transition

By Hannah Chanatry

Engineers conduct experimental studies on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) at CEA Cadarache in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France on Nov. 23, 2023. Credit: Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Utilities Seek Unbridled Rate Adjustments for Unproven Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Two New Bills

By Jake Bolster

Adam Ortiz (center), EPA's Region 3 administrator, flanked by Democratic Rep. Jennifer McClellan of Virginia’s 4th district and members of the nonprofit Virginia Community Voice visited a vacant elementary school building in South Richmond, which the community group has proposed to turn into a community space. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

A Year Before Biden’s First Term Ends, Environmental Regulators Rush to Aid Disinvested Communities

By Aman Azhar

Wind turbines stand in the distance behind Dominion Energy's Mount Storm Power Station in West Virginia. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

New Legislation Aiming to Inject Competition Into Virginia’s Offshore Wind Market Could Spark a Reexamination of Dominion’s Monopoly Power

By Jake Bolster

Fishing communities often catch spent cannon shells, missiles and rockets settled in the riverbed as a result of weapons testing in the Potomac River by the Naval Support Facility in Dahlgren, Virginia. Courtesy: Potomac Riverkeeper Network

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

A piece of the Mountain Valley Pipeline sits in Rocky Mount, Virginia on Aug. 30, 2022. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Developers Seek Big Changes to the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate Extension, Amid Sustained Opposition

By Hannah Chanatry

Sections of steel pipe of the Mountain Valley Pipeline sit on wooden blocks in August 2022 near wetland areas in Callaway, Virginia. The state's General Assembly has diminished the power of residents to engage in the decision-making process for permitting and siting such projects as the Mountain Valley Pipeline under the state Department of Environmental Quality, a key environmental justice provision under Virginia law. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Environmental Justice Advocates in Virginia Fear Recent Legal Gains Could Be Thwarted by Politics in Richmond

By Hannah Chanatry

Amazon Web Services data centers are seen next to the Great Oak neighborhood on Jan. 24, 2023, in Manassas, Virginia. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Virginia Environmental Groups Form New Data Center Reform Coalition, Call for More Industry Oversight

By Jake Bolster

Dominion Energy has proposed building a new natural gas power plant in Chesterfield, Virginia. Credit: Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Nearby Residents and Environmentalists Criticize New Dominion Natural Gas Power Plant As a ‘Slap In the Face’

By Jake Bolster

The Dominion Energy headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. Credit: Zach Gibson/Getty Images

Dominion’s Proposed Virginia Power Plant Casts Doubt on Its Commitments to Clean Energy

By Jake Bolster

Virginia voters cast their ballots at Newton-Lee Elementary School on Tuesday in Ashburn, Virginia. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

With Democrats Back in Control of Virginia’s General Assembly, Environmentalists See a Narrow Path Forward for Climate Policy

By Hannah Chanatry

Sections of steel pipe of the Mountain Valley Pipeline lie on wooden blocks on Aug. 31, 2022 in Bent Mountain, Virginia. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Federal Regulators Raise Safety Concerns Over Mountain Valley Pipeline in Formal Notice

By Phil McKenna

Virginia state Senator Chap Petersen at work in the statehouse. Credit: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images.

Q&A: Dominion Energy, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Virginia’s Push Toward Renewables

By Jake Bolster

Andrew Wheeler arrives for a House Appropriations Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington in March 2020, when he served as President Donald Trump's administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Wheeler currently is head of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's newly created Office of Regulatory Management. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images.

Trump’s Former Head of the EPA Has Been a Quiet Contributor to Virginia’s Exit From RGGI

By Jake Bolster

Mechelle Esparza stands in front of Serene Wildlife Sanctuary on June 25. Credit: Ananya Chetia

South Richmond Residents Oppose Fire Training Facility

By Ananya Chetia

Power lines in Alexandria, Virginia. Credit: Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Country’s Largest Grid Operator Must Process and Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, a New Report Says

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

Glenn Youngkin speaks during an election-night rally at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles on Nov. 2, 2021 in Chantilly, Virginia. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

As Youngkin Tries to Pull Virginia Out of RGGI, Experts Warn of Looming Consequences for Low-Income Residents and Threatened Communities

By Jake Bolster

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