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Continuing climate change fight, Virginia lawmakers commit to clean car standard

Governors Wind Energy Coalition Continuing climate change fight, Virginia lawmakers commit to clean car standard Source: By Sarah Vogelsong, Virginia Mercury • Posted: Monday, February 22, 2021 An electric vehicle charges at a public station in Henrico County, July 2020. (Sarah Vogelsong/Virginia Mercury) In their second year in control of the legislature, Virginia Democrats pushed through another major measure to combat climate change when the Senate on Friday voted to adopt California regulations that set stringent vehicle emissions standards and electric car sales targets. “We know that our automobile emissions greatly contribute to our environmental problems,” said Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax. “It is incumbent upon us to start making changes.”

Billionaire mine owner leaves Somerset, Colorado in the lurch

Dave Marston Only about 100 people live in Somerset in western Colorado, a former coal company town squeezed into a narrow valley. A state highway and railroad tracks crowd on one side, the North Fork of the Gunnison River on the other. Some say there’s charm in the town’s narrow streets and funky houses with affordable rent. What’s more, there’s no government except for a water district, though that’s what a recent controversy is all about. For over a century, Somerset has been dominated by a parade of big money interests, from Kaiser Steel to US Steel and now by billionaire Bill Koch, younger brother to the Koch brothers, known for financing far right politics.

Assembly votes to adopt clean vehicle standards

Assembly votes to adopt clean vehicle standards Stock Photo The General Assembly also will consider legislation to study Virginia’s electric charging network and to establish incentives for EVs. In 2020, and now 2021, Virginia’s General Assembly has taken leaps and bounds forward in tackling the climate crisis, first by working to secure our transition away from fossil fuels to power our daily lives and now by moving to reduce harmful tailpipe pollution by putting cleaner cars on the road. We are not across the finish line yet, but we’re close. Michael Town, Virginia League of Conservation Voters executive director

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