(The Center Square) — While neighboring states have begun construction on their offshore wind farms, Maryland has yet to install one turbine foundation, though its offshore wind energy goals are more ambitious. 

(The Center Square) — As President Joe Biden’s presidential term comes to a close, the administration is bearing down on its goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy and 15 gigawatts of floating offshore wind by 2035.

This story was first published by The Bay Journal, a nonprofit news organization, and republished with permission. The 71 acres of the Nansemond Indian Nation’s Mattanock Town near Suffolk, VA, can invoke something different for each visitor. Some people admire the woodlands by the Nansemond River. Chief Keith F. Anderson sees echoes of his ancestors’ […]

As more intense rainfall has allowed pollution to flow into the James River through Richmond’s overwhelmed city sewer system, the state has introduced draft proposals for septic systems used in more rural areas, to tackle another aspect of climate change that impacts pollution controls: rising sea and groundwater levels. Last month, Virginia began its early […]

Virginia is the recipient of two federal grants to capture climate changing emissions, one focused on methane and another on promoting natural solutions to capture carbon. The funds, about $150 million, are from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program, created by the Inflation Reduction Act. “Investments such as this are paramount […]