Two steps forward, and one step back. That’s how today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Appalachian Trail crossing permit should be viewed for those of us fighting the destructive and unneeded pipeline.
As always, Alliance staff tracked legislation and made advocacy trips to Richmond during the 2020 session. Your calls and emails to legislators made a difference—thank you!
VALOR is accepting applicants from adults in agriculture who want to develop their communication, problem solving, and critical thinking skills in the pursuit of becoming an advocate for agriculture and a leader in the industry.
When I got in the car on Sunday afternoon to make the trek to our nation’s capital to hear the...
A committee of state legislators is meeting right now to finalize the budget. Please ask the members of this committee to support sufficient funding for land conservation and agricultural best management practices, like stream livestock exclusion and native tree planting. In order to meet the state’s 2025 water quality goals, there must be funding in place to get this work done.
Our board chair Joan Comanor was named 2019 Citizen of the Year at the Shenandoah County Chamber of Commerce awards...
Alliance Transportation Lead Kim Sandum attended the second meeting of the I-81 Committee and had some good progress to report...
Solar, particularly large utility scale projects intended to send power back into the grid, can sometimes become controversial as is...
The highest court in the land – Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) – will soon hear Dominion’s appeal...
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing changes to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations that will eliminate public participation...
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