Imagine a program that reduces air pollution while increasing affordable housing, creating jobs, making communities more flood resilient, and slashing low-income Virginians’ bills. Oh wait… that’s RGGI!

Our new Hampton Roads Organizer Leianis is hard at work!
This weekend, she and our other VA organizers met students at Tidewater Community College, gathered petition signatures for our efforts to rejoin #RGGI , and let them know about amazing volunteer opportunities with CCAN. 🎉

Documents corroborate previous reporting that Big Oil has known since the 1960s that
burning fossil fuels causes climate change, but worked for decades to undermine public
understanding of this fact and deny the underlying science. #MakePollutersPay

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Net Zero is Not Impossible

LEARN MORE: medium.com/@chesapeakecli…

How Big Data Centers Are Slowing the Shift to #CleanEnergy

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Chesterfield residents voice concerns about proposed power plant

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Virginia can still meet clean energy goals!

Learn more on how you can help: virginiamercury.com/2024/04/29/vir…

We’re grateful to everyone who joined the rally at the White House in person & virtually, mvmtcatalyst, david solnit, @witness_usa, @avaaz, Action for the Climate Emergency, @eldersclimateaction, @fridaysforfuturedc, @fightfossils, Sunrise Movement 🌅, Third Act, & 30+ cohosts – thank you! 🙏 #SaveJuliana

New Farm Bill could provide climate-smart investments to VA farmers

Read the full article via Public News Service 👇️publicnewsservice.org/2024-04-26/bud…

We <3 wind! 🌬️ Read the full article here: washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

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Last night, protesters rallied against Dominion Energy 's potential power plant at Chesterfield County board meeting.

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“Fires per 100,000 vehicles sold
- EVs: 25 fires
- Petrol/diesel: 1,530 fires
- Hybrid: 3,475 fires”

The MVP rips right through VaSenateofVirginia District 4, and our 2023 Senate campaign ran on preventing the environmental desecration this project has wrought. Pics of the pipeline’s “progress” in Sep, Oct, Nov, and finally two months ago. Appalachian Voices Chesapeake Climate EDF Wild Virginia 🌄🐻🌳

READ: coverage of last night’s rally and Board meeting abt the proposed Chesterfield gas plant.

Chesterfield NAACP pres: “I have a child that has asthma. I’m concerned about the environment for my children. Not just for my children, but everyone.”

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