Since Virginia joined RGGI, the state has received $372.5 million for flood prevention projects and $413.9 million for energy efficiency work, which includes such efforts as insulating and ...

Federal funding cuts have left multi-million dollar flood mitigation projects behind. Locals are looking for new avenues for ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin thinks states can shoulder more of the burden of disaster relief. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner ...

According to the Petition for Appeal, “Virginia has seen significant benefits since joining RGGI. Carbon dioxide emissions from Virginia power plants have declined by 16.8 percent in the first ...

As a result of Virginia’s withdrawal from RGGI under Youngkin, carbon dioxide emissions, which had initially dropped 22 percent from 2021 to 2023, increased by 20 percent in 2024, noted Holmes ...

Virginia originally joined RGGI due to a law passed in the General Assembly in 2020, so environmental groups sued saying the governor and his administration don't have the power to override a law.

Virginia had joined RGGI in 2021 under Youngkin’s predecessor, Ralph Northam, a Democrat, after the General Assembly passed a 2020 law to require the state’s participation in the pact.

A Circuit Court judge in the western part of the state has ruled that Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s decision to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was “unlawful.” The General Assembly passed ...

A Floyd County Circuit Court judge ruled this week that Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s decision to withdraw Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was unlawful, but the governor plans to appeal ...

Virginia RGGI Budget Climate Emissions Lawmakers Democrats Republicans (WSET) — The two-year state budget is a done deal, but lawmakers have a lot to say about an initiative left out of it; ...

Virginia joined RGGI in 2020 under the Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act, becoming the first southern state to do so, and like Pennsylvania, ...

Virginia joined RGGI in 2021 under Youngkin’s predecessor, Ralph Northam, a Democrat, after the General Assembly passed a 2020 law to require the state’s participation in the pact.