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Environment

The Environment Committee has three major tasks: 1) building awareness of climate change, air and water quality and plastic pollution; 2) being active on issues like pipeline construction and reversal of environmental regulations; and 3) advancing alternative energy solutions and sustainable consumption practices. 

Issue Coordinator:

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Graphic from Virginia League of Conservation Voters

Senate stops Youngkin’s Wheeler nomination

The Virginia Senate voted on party lines, 21-19, to reject  Gov. Glenn Youngkin's  nomination of Andrew Wheeler to become Virginia’s top natural resources official.

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To read more:

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https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/virginia-senate-rejects-andrew-wheeler-gov-glenn-youngkins-pick-for-secretary-of-natural-resources/article_d34112a8-5c65-55bb-907b-693a357c2450.html

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/01/andrew-wheeler-youngkin-virginia/

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50 Ways Rockbridge is a group of concerned citizens from Rockbridge County, Virginia, working together to research, educate, and act on major issues that affect all of the 50 United States, especially Virginia and our local area. Our guiding political principles are inclusion and fairness.

Write to us at 50waysrockbridge@gmail.com

Snail mail:
P.O. Box 152
Rockbridge Baths, Va. 24473

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