Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Public Citizen delivered today a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) demanding that it hold oil and gas companies accountable for fueling climate-driven disasters such as floods, fires, hurricanes, and extreme heat that have destroyed property and taken innocent lives.
Continue readingChesterfield Residents, Community, and Climate Groups Rally Amid Fresh Zoning Challenges to Dominion Gas Plant
CCAN Celebrates Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Proposal as Key Step for Clean Energy
“Wind, solar, energy efficiency, and other clean technologies are our future and Virginia is rising to meet the occasion. This project will help us leave dirty fossil fuels where they belong — in the past.”
Continue readingSurvivors of Climate Disasters Share Stories and Call for Fossil-Fuel Polluters to be Held Accountable
Survivors of numerous disasters driven by climate change yesterday called for fossil fuel companies to be held legally accountable for their crimes, inflicting massive damage on public health and the climate as well as lying to the public for decades about their culpability.
Continue readingYoungkin Seeks to Override Legislature on Clean Cars Law
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that his administration will refuse to implement Advanced Clean Car Standards, a regulation Virginia joined through legislation in 2021 to phase in zero-emission vehicles in line with major manufacturer’s timelines and climate deadlines to meet net-zero carbon emissions.
Continue readingChesterfield County Government Abdicates Responsibility on Gas Plant Site Suitability Determination
Dominion Energy will apply to build a massive gas plant in Chesterfield at a recently shuttered coal plant, rather than a new site, in order to avoid the local permitting process, communications from the Company to the Chesterfield Planning Department reveal.
Continue readingCoastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project Moving Forward On Schedule
Construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project (CVOW) remains on schedule following a routine order from a federal judge requesting supplemental documentation from Dominion Energy.
Continue readingCentral Virginia Lawmakers Say Chesterfield Gas Plant Not in Line with State Law
This morning, nine legislators from the central Virginia state delegation issued a statement in opposition to Dominion Energy’s proposed Chesterfield gas plant.
Continue readingClimate Advocates Slam Plans for Disastrous Pittsylvania Pipeline Expansion
Climate advocates are calling for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to stop the construction of this expensive and unneeded augmentation to the Transco pipeline.
Continue readingChesterfield Town Hall Hosted by Sen. Hashmi Spotlights Overwhelming Community Opposition to Controversial New Gas Plant
Over 100 Chesterfield residents and regional activists showed up on Sunday at a town hall — led by Virginia State Senator Ghazala Hashmi (D-10) — to speak out against Dominion Energy’s plan to build a massive methane gas plant near the James River.
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