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A Combination of Heat and Drought Walloped Virginia Vegetable Farmers

Forgoing tillage helped some vegetable crops, but not as much as steady rain would have. Beyond the drought and the heat, farmers said, climate change brings instability.

By Sean Sublette

As drivers enter Purcellville, Virginia, they are reminded via road signs that farms in the area are under drought watch on Sept. 7, 2023. Credit: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images
A worker climbs out of the walkway inside Hazel, the tunnel boring machine, on April 19, 2023 in Alexandria, Virginia. Credit: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images

After $615 Million and 16 Months of Tunneling, Alexandria, Virginia, Is Close to Fixing Its Sewage Overflow Problem

By Sarah Vogelsong

A view of the Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant and Reservoir operated by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers on the Maryland-D.C. border. Credit: USACE

Aggressive Algae Bloom Clogged Water System, Prompting Boil Water Advisory in D.C. and Parts of Virginia

By Aman Azhar

Bridges cross the marshes and streams of the Chesapeake Bay watershed on Tangier Island in Virginia. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images

When a Retired Scientist Suggested Virginia Weaken Wetlands Protections, the State Said, No Way

By Sarah Vogelsong

Steel pipe sections of the Mountain Valley Pipeline during construction in Bent Mountain, Virginia, in August 2022. The pipeline became operational on Friday. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

A ‘Rights of Nature’ Tribunal Puts the Mountain Valley Pipeline on Trial

By Hannah Chanatry

Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers remarks to the media following the adjournment of the 2024 Virginia General Assembly on March 14 in Richmond, Va. Credit: Minh Connors/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Youngkin Pledges to Decouple Virginia from California Vehicle Emissions Standards by End of 2024

By Sarah Vogelsong

Amazon data centers are seen next to Loudoun Meadows houses in Aldie, Va. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Virginia Has the Biggest Data Center Market in the World. Can It Also Decarbonize Its Grid?

By Sarah Vogelsong

Solar panels are installed on the roof of a church in Alexandria, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Energy Developers Want Reforms to Virginia’s Process for Connecting Renewables to the Grid, Hoping to Control Costs 

By Sarah Vogelsong

A row of cars using EV charging stations in Springfield, Virginia. Credit: Robert Knopes/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Virginia Seeks Millions of Dollars in Federal Funds Aimed at Reducing Pollution and Electrifying Transportation and Buildings

By Jake Bolster

After 36 hours inside the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the activist was charged with four misdemeanors and released on a $3,500 bail.

To Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a Young Activist Spends 36 Hours Inside it

By Keerti Gopal

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has opposed the state’s inclusion in RGGI, a two-decade old effort to reduce emissions among a group of eastern states. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Virginia Lawmakers Try to Use Budget to Rejoin RGGI – But Success Is Questionable

By Hannah Chanatry

People pass electrical power lines on a a bike path in Arlington, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Lawmakers Elect Pivotal Utility Regulators To Oversee Energy Transition

By Hannah Chanatry

Engineers conduct experimental studies on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) at CEA Cadarache in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France on Nov. 23, 2023. Credit: Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Utilities Seek Unbridled Rate Adjustments for Unproven Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Two New Bills

By Jake Bolster

Adam Ortiz (center), EPA's Region 3 administrator, flanked by Democratic Rep. Jennifer McClellan of Virginia’s 4th district and members of the nonprofit Virginia Community Voice visited a vacant elementary school building in South Richmond, which the community group has proposed to turn into a community space. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

A Year Before Biden’s First Term Ends, Environmental Regulators Rush to Aid Disinvested Communities

By Aman Azhar

Wind turbines stand in the distance behind Dominion Energy's Mount Storm Power Station in West Virginia. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

New Legislation Aiming to Inject Competition Into Virginia’s Offshore Wind Market Could Spark a Reexamination of Dominion’s Monopoly Power

By Jake Bolster

Fishing communities often catch spent cannon shells, missiles and rockets settled in the riverbed as a result of weapons testing in the Potomac River by the Naval Support Facility in Dahlgren, Virginia. Courtesy: Potomac Riverkeeper Network

Advocates Celebrate a Legal Win Against US Navy’s Staggering Pollution in the Potomac River. A Lack of Effective Regulation Could Dampen the Spirit

By Aman Azhar

A piece of the Mountain Valley Pipeline sits in Rocky Mount, Virginia on Aug. 30, 2022. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Developers Seek Big Changes to the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate Extension, Amid Sustained Opposition

By Hannah Chanatry

Sections of steel pipe of the Mountain Valley Pipeline sit on wooden blocks in August 2022 near wetland areas in Callaway, Virginia. The state's General Assembly has diminished the power of residents to engage in the decision-making process for permitting and siting such projects as the Mountain Valley Pipeline under the state Department of Environmental Quality, a key environmental justice provision under Virginia law. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Environmental Justice Advocates in Virginia Fear Recent Legal Gains Could Be Thwarted by Politics in Richmond

By Hannah Chanatry

Amazon Web Services data centers are seen next to the Great Oak neighborhood on Jan. 24, 2023, in Manassas, Virginia. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Virginia Environmental Groups Form New Data Center Reform Coalition, Call for More Industry Oversight

By Jake Bolster

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