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Youngkin's latest, senseless attack on a keystone climate law, Clean Cars, like his attack on RGGI, is divorced from the facts and the law, and will not stand.

NRDC's recently published scorecard shows some of the progress being made in the state, but also highlights the significant work that remains to be done.

Southeastern States Have Great Clean Transportation Opportunities to Fight the Climate Crisis

No fossil fuels, no problem? Texas investments in wind and solar pay off, generating record-breaking renewable power to meet all-time high electricity demand during nearly 10-day heat dome—despite fossil fuel plant failures.

Virginia legislature reflects will of the vast majority of Virginians and blocks Youngkin's anti-climate assaults at every turn.

It wasn’t easy, but the U.S. power grid defied record-breaking heatwaves and doomsday warnings to survive the summer without major service interruptions.

In a month that has seen Texas sizzle under record-breaking heat, solar, and wind power have been key to helping keeping the lights on—and air conditioners humming.

This is what all gas stations look like to EV drivers: Dominion's new EV-charging programs will move Virginians away from these polluting clunkers and into a cleaner, cheaper driving future.

Blaming any one power source is a mistake. We can’t make any one source of power foolproof, but we can make a grid that’s nimble, resilient, and reliable.

Virginia's waters are rising, yet Youngkin—with presidential stars in his eyes—plays extremist political games to please Big Polluter mega donors.

The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board, designed to be run by governor-appointed citizens rather than elected officials, is specifically charged with overseeing—and reducing the dirty air impact of—the very polluters that Youngkin just tapped.  

Electric grids across the Midwest, South, and in Texas failed a key resilience test during last month’s winter storm, and one key conclusion is clear: The grids connected via transmission lines fared significantly better than those isolated and on their…

Although both California and Texas recently faced traumatic weather events, the consequences for electric system reliability were dramatically different. 

The deadly winter storms and power outages in Texas last month are just the latest example of why the United States needs a National Disaster Safety Board.