McAuliffe vetoes bill to require legislature’s OK of Virginia Clean Power Plan
Originally posted in the Bay Journal. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed legislation that would have required General Assembly approval of any state plan to comply with the ...
Read More »Care for Our Earth: National Parks
Most, if not all of us, have experienced the wonderful joy and peace which accompanies a stroll through our National or State Parks. It's a pleasure that is hard to surpass. On Au ...
Read More »All Year Long
Virginia Organizing wanted to be sure to remind you that Tuesday, March 1 is the presidential primary in Virginia! Every registered voter may participate in this primary. If you w ...
Read More »Analysis: Medicaid Not Straining Federal Budget
RICHMOND, Va. - Critics of expanding Virginia's Medicaid charge the health program for the poor is unsustainably expensive. A new analysis suggests it's not. Although the federal ...
Read More »Interested in Environmental Issues?
Virginia Organizing is excited to share some wonderful resources for those interested in environmental health and climate change issues. Environmental Health Sciences publishes tw ...
Read More »State of the States Report 2015
Published by the Center for American Progress. See also: Interactive: Restoring Shared Prosperity (TalkPoverty.org) State-by-state fact sheets In 2014, more than one in seven Ame ...
Read More »Getting the Most Energy Efficiency Bang for Your Buck in Virginia
Virginia residents experience incredibly diverse weather. With temperatures averaging at 28 degrees during the coldest months and reaching 90 degrees or more during the summer, ho ...
Read More »Study: Record Number of Prisoners Exonerated Last Year
Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. - Across the U.S., nearly 150 prisoners were released last year when their convictions were overturned. That's a record number of ex ...
Read More »Barbara Kingsolver in Charlottesville
I am excited to announce that critically acclaimed author Barbara Kingsolver will be coming to the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville on April 22 for an Earth Day conversation t ...
Read More »Support Consumers, NOT Predatory Lenders
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators will soon introduce legislation that will seriously put at risk current, vital regulations that protect everything from workers health, climate ...
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