Lawmakers knocked down a proposal to update state law that considered how future development could affect water quality for communities that historically have been economically or socially disadvantaged. Del. Rodney T. Willett, D-Henrico, introduced House Bill 393,...
Op-Ed: End Environmental Racism In Virginia
Sunrise Richmond co-coordinator Fionnuala Fisk warns that a Wegmans facility in Hanover County threatens the historic Black community of Brown Grove. Scholar Ruth Wilson Gilmore defines racism as the “state-sanctioned and extralegal exposure of group-differentiated...
Despite protests, State OKs Dominion permits to dump coal ash wastewater into James River
RICHMOND – A procession of more than 100 disappointed citizens filed out of a Virginia State Water Control Board meeting late Thursday afternoon after the agency approved permits for Dominion Virginia RICHMOND – A procession of more than 100 disappointed citizens...
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