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

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

Despite Democratic control of the Virginia General Assembly after the November election, environmental justice advocates in the state say progress in 2024 will be difficult under the Republican administration of Gov. Glenn Youngkin.  There is no political will in the administration “to really spell out what environmental justice means in practice,” said Mark Sabath of … Continue reading Environmental Justice Advocates in Virginia Fear Recent Legal Gains Could Be Thwarted by Politics in Richmond

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