News - Environment Virginia

Most Recent News

Blue Crab, Wild Horses and Vacation Places at Risk: Bush Administration Initiates Oil Leases off Virginia Coast 11/12/2008

“In moving to open the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to oil drilling today, the Bush administration is clinging to energy policies of the past that were soundly rejected by voters less than two weeks ago."

American Voters send a Clear Message to Obama Administration and 111th Congress: Clean Energy Solutions are Key to Our Future 11/05/2008

With the backdrop of record-breaking energy prices and the looming threat of global warming, environmental issues received unprecedented attention in one of the hardest fought elections in U.S. history.

Virgil Goode: No Friend to Virginia’s Waters 10/21/2008

Environment Virginia released an analysis today documenting that Representative Virgil Goode has consistently taken the side of polluters in opposing stronger protections for our waterways.

Most Recent Reports

Renewing America 11/11/2008

Across the country, Americans are hurting. From the big cities of the coasts to the industrial heartland to our rural communities, the slumping economy is taking its toll in shuttered businesses, disappearing jobs, bankruptcies, foreclosures and an increased sense of anxiety about our collective future.

Thelma Drake: Bad for Virginia's Water 10/21/2008

Virginia needs representatives in Congress who understand the importance of clean water to the state’s economy and our environment and will take on the polluters. Unfortunately, Rep. Thelma Drake has stood with George Bush and the polluters as they have worked to dismantle America’s protections for clean water.

Virgil Goode: Bad for Virginia’s water 10/21/2008

Virginia needs representatives in Congress who understand the importance of clean water to the state’s economy and our environment and will take on the polluters. Unfortunately, Rep. Virgil Goode has stood with George Bush and the polluters as they have worked to dismantle America’s protections for clean water.