Good won’t go green

Rep. Bob Good has introduced legislation aimed at blocking U.S. contributions to the United Nations Green Climate Fund.  The bill—No Taxpayer Funding for Green Climate Fund Act—would halt $1 billion promised to the fund by the Biden administration, and stop any future U.S. endowments. “Domestic energy production has helped make America great, but President Biden […]

Planning ahead

The Charlottesville Climate Action Plan is 97 pages long and chock-full of graphs, charts, and infographics. While the plan will affect everyone who lives in the city, the document can hardly be considered digestible for the average resident.  On February 8, the Piedmont chapter of the Virginia Sierra Club attempted to rectify this. The nonprofit […]

Riding green

In a virtual meeting last week, the Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee discussed how Charlottesville and Albemarle County are working to drastically slash their carbon emissions, particularly in the context of transportation. Susan Elliott, Charlottesville’s climate protection program manager, explained that 95 percent of the city’s emissions come from the community. Residential, commercial, […]