Taxonomy Archives: Virginia

November 5, 2021

SELC and partners urge VDOT to scrap outdated Martinsville Southern Connector

November 5, 2021

SELC statement on Dominion Energy’s offshore wind filing

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today Dominion Energy filed an application with Virginia’s State Corporation Commission to construct a 2.6 gigawatt offshore wind project off the coast of Virginia.

October 18, 2021

SELC statement on settlement agreement in Dominion Energy rate case

RICHMOND, Va. — Today Dominion Energy, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC), and the Office of the Attorney General filed a tentative settlement agreement in Dominion’s pending base rate case...

October 5, 2021

SELC statement on Community Flood Preparedness Grants funded through RGGI

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation announced grant recipients of the first round of the new Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund, which is financ...

September 29, 2021

SELC statement on U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s declaration of 23 extinct species

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the extinction of 23 species. In response to the announcement, SELC Staff Attorney Ramona McGee released the following stateme...

July 1, 2021

Dominion offshore wind project to undergo environmental review

July 1, 2021

SELC Statement on environmental review of Dominion offshore wind project

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, joined by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Senator Tim Kaine, announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy M...

June 22, 2021

Southwest Virginia schools can finally go solar

June 17, 2021

Virginia’s Pine Grove School named one of ‘America’s Most Endangered Historic Places’

May 7, 2021

SELC statement on bill to ban offshore drilling in the Atlantic

WASHINGTON — New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-06) today announced his intention to file a bill to permanently protect the Atlantic Ocean from offshore drilling. In response, the Southern Environme...