Protect Virginia's Climate Budget

Believe it or not, we may have the leverage to convince the Governor Glenn Youngkin to sign a budget that includes language directing Virginia to rejoin this critical climate program. That’s because the legislature and Youngkin agreed to scrap the old budget and start from scratch, and this time, the Governor is expected to sign it.

This isn’t just about climate and air pollution. Without RGGI, flood resilience and low-income energy efficient housing programs are severely underfunded. RGGI is climate justice and housing justice, all wrapped into one.

And RGGI isn’t the only major climate program that the Governor could approve through the budget. The Washington Metro Authority Transit Association, otherwise known as Metro, keeps tens of thousands of Virginians out of cars every year. And the Clean Energy Innovation Authority, a.k.a. "Green Bank," would funnel literally hundreds of millions of dollars for clean energy programs and build new economies all over the state.

We can do more under Youngkin than we thought possible. But ONLY with your voice.

Take one minute to send a quick email now.

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Dear {contact_data~title} {contact_data~lastName},

I am a constituent in your district. Thank you for working to put together the state budget. I’m a volunteer with Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Action Fund, and I wanted to reach out to express my wish that the final budget continue to include several key climate programs.

RGGI is both bringing down our air emissions and creating new, energy efficient affordable housing and flood resilience programs. It is vital to our climate progress that we keep RGGI in the budget. I am grateful the legislature included RGGI in the original budget, and I hope that you will stand strong on this.

I also hope that Metro will get the full funding you originally allocated. Metro keeps people out of cars, reducing traffic and pollution, and getting people to jobs that support  our statewide economy.

Finally, the Clean Energy Innovation Authority or "Green Bank" would allow the state to get hundreds of millions of dollars for job-creating climate programs statewide. Without programs like that, we will lose money to other states with dedicated places for that federal funding. Please advocate for the Green Bank.

Thanks for your consideration!

Sincerely,

{user_data~First name} {user_data~Last name},
{user_data~Address line 1}
{user_data~City}

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