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Virginia 2025 General Assembly Wrap-Up: Big Wins on Climate, But More Work to Do. On Saturday, the Virginia state legislature concluded its business. For the last six weeks, members like you have helped us get climate priorities over the finish line – often with bipartisan support. As you know, the Trump administration has effectively declared

Farmers Can Adopt Solar to Help Maintain Their Property and Add Income LTE by Ruth M. Amundsen, CCAN Action Fund Volunteer from Norfolk, initially published in The Virginia Pilot.   Re “Solar growth asks too much of Virginia’s rural communities” (Other Views, Jan. 26): A recent opinion piece suggests that solar energy expansion harms Virginia’s agricultural

2025 Virginia General Assembly Session: Halftime Climate Update  GET IN THE GAME! Read this Halftime Update. Then email your lawmakers to keep fossil fuel handouts out of the budget. This past Tuesday officially marked half-time for the 2025 General Assembly session! With half of our very short session behind us, we have some big wins to

Global Climate Action in the Era of Trump 2.0 — Is It Possible? Spoiler Alert: Yes. Right now, leaders from all over the world are gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, to take part in the 2024 United Nations Conference of the Parties – more commonly known as COP29, the 29th UN Climate Change Conference. Donald Trump

CCAN Action Fund Recognizes Ten Climate All-Stars from the 2024 General Assembly Climate action means taking on the big fights: the oil and gas industry, monopoly utilities, Big Tech, you name it. Advocating for what’s right despite well-moneyed and powerful opposition isn’t easy – so we need to celebrate those that are willing to take