Local government

The local effort is part of a massive nationwide grant program to cut climate pollution set in motion by the Biden administration.

Acting VA Secretary Todd Hunter encouraged staff to turn in their coworkers.

The Nature Conservancy aims to purchase more than 500 acres and restore natural flow to the James River by removing a historic dam.

Religious groups own tens of thousands of acres across Virginia, but some struggle to get residential projects going.

One of President Trump’s first executive orders halted all new federal leases and permits for offshore wind projects.

The Hampton Roads Planning District Commission board approved “resilient design standards” advising local governments to factor in increases in rainfall and sea level.

The project, called an “environmental justice incubator,” is working with historically Black communities on Norfolk’s Southside.

Previous attempts to regulate data centers at the General Assembly have failed. But lawmakers are now armed with a recent report that laid out growing challenges.

The study proposes increased housing density, new development and pedestrian connectivity

The grand jury calls for property forfeiture or an undetermined monetary judgement as Chesapeake Regional Medical Center is in the middle of several improvement and expansion efforts.