Congresswoman McClellan, Advocates to Call Out GOP’s Moves to Raise Energy Costs, Undermine a Clean Energy Future

RICHMOND – Thursday, Aug. 21, advocates will join with Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan to decry the Trump Administration’s recent cancellation of Virginia’s $156 million “Solar for All” grant, intended to help low- and middle-income families access cost-saving clean energy. As a result of this cancellation alone – just the latest in a string of anti-environmental rollbacks – Virginia will lose out on an estimated 2,000 jobs while Virginians continue to face rising energy costs because of the Trump Administration’s failed policies. Across the country, electric bills have risen 10% since Trump took office and are poised to rise even higher, while more than 64,000 clean energy jobs have vanished. 

What: Our Brightest Future: Demanding Affordable Solar Energy for Our Communities
When: Thursday, Aug. 21 | 12-1 p.m.
Where: J.H. Blackwell Elementary School (Public Sidewalk)
300 E. 15th Street, Richmond, VA 23224
Who: Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan 
Laura Thomas, Director of Richmond’s Office of Sustainability
Charles Skelly, IBEW 666
Dane Levis, Climate Action Virginia
Lee Francis, Virginia LCV

Interested media should RSVP to Lee Francis at lfrancis@valcv.org or 434-989-3197.
 

About the Virginia League of Conservation Voters:
The Virginia League of Conservation Voters serves as the political voice of the state’s conservation community, working to make sure Virginia’s elected officials recognize that our natural heritage is an environmental and economic treasure for all. Virginia LCV works with conservation leaders across Virginia and strives for a conservation majority in state government. We secure good public policies on the state level and hold public officials accountable for their positions on environmental issues. For more information, visit www.valcv.org.

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