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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

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

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.

African elephants, Asian otters, giraffes, vaquita, rhinos, and sharks win big at World Wildlife Conference.

The protections will ensure that all giraffe parts trade were legally acquired instead of from poached giraffes trade by requiring countries to make non-detriment findings before allowing giraffe exports.

The smallest porpoise species, found only in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico, has only around ten individuals left, making it the most critically endangered marine mammal on the planet.

Giraffes receive little international protection even though they face many threats, including habitat loss, disease, international trade in giraffe parts, and hunting trophies.

At the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which takes place August 17-28, the Parties will again vote on whether to legalize the international commercial…

Unfortunately, some countries still fight to resume the ivory trade at almost every CITES meeting and this one is no exception. 

The public is keenly aware that auctioning off public ocean waters to oil giants is not in the national interest. From catastrophic spills like the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that oiled the entire Gulf region, to “minor” spills and almost…

While the Trump administration puts the nation in reverse on cleaning up vehicle pollution, Governor Ralph Northam put the Commonwealth on the road to cleaner energy in announcing yesterday a $14 million investment in electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across…