Environment & Sea Level Rise

Most cooling centers are clustered in Northern Virginia, as well as the Richmond, Virginia Beach and Danville areas of the state. Few are sprinkled throughout rural parts.

State officials will soon have access to additional federal resources when it comes to weather and emergency preparedness.

Menhaden fishing company Omega Protein has added a new vessel to its fleet in response to net spills last year that resulted in thousands of dead fish washing ashore on the Eastern Shore.

Environmental groups and lawmakers, including Kaine and Scott, have supported the move, which would put the Bay region under the National Park Service.

Legislative attempts to put a two-year moratorium on the menhaden reduction fishery in the Chesapeake Bay

Aided by nonprofits, oysters in Hampton are making a comeback.

“Immediately the interest was much higher than we could handle," said Marjorie Mayfield Jackson, founding executive director of the Elizabeth River Project.

Beginning in the 1970s, Virginia Beach exploded in population and development. It wouldn't have continued without a dedicated water source.

Former Virginia Beach mayor, the late Meyera Oberndorf, once said the Lake Gaston project “breathed new life into the city.

Without a dedicated water source, Virginia Beach's economy was in trouble.