This will help communities plan Last year, we secured historic progress deploying federal In Virginia, we secured passage of two pieces of important local communities and businesses, adding more local solar electrification and other building upgrades for a shift to investments in clean energy and ensuring communities and legislation that expand shared solar and prevent utility jobs and building co. [...] In North Appalachia, and supported the second cohort of solar partners, we were able to celebrate the development of region’s dependence on fossil fuels, with plans to invest Carolina, we are formally intervening in the state Carbon a new recreation area in Dante, Virginia. [...] Top Priorities for 2024: Top Priorities for 2024: • Work on both sides of the aisle at the state • Work with rural and local electric cooperatives to and federal levels to bring transformative bring on more solar energy, reducing electricity costs investments in clean energy and a healthy and reliance on fossil fuels for their ratepayers environment for our communities, and ensure • Fight solar mi. [...] Depart- We continue to support communities along their routes, partners, we are opposing projects in both states through a rule to protect coal miners from exposure to silica dust, ment of the Interior in Southwest Virginia to discuss mine demanding regulators hear what we and our coalition part- public campaigns and the courts. [...] Top Priorities for 2024: Top Priorities for 2024: • Defeat massive fossil fuel infrastructure buildouts in Tennessee, • Reform federal laws and improve enforce- North Carolina, and Virginia ment of existing laws to ensure coal compa- • Continue working with partners and directly affected communities nies clean up mined land to ensure the voices of those most impacted by these projects are • Contin.
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