The following is my column that will appear in this week's Mt. Vernon Gazette in the week of July 20, 2024.
General Assembly’s Ongoing Efforts to Protect Air Quality
By Senator Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)
Protecting Virginia’s air quality by reducing greenhouse gases has been a priority of mine since I was first elected to the General Assembly in 2009. This year, both the House and the Senate took steps to address this issue.
However, Governor Youngkin exercised his power to veto some of our actions. Does that mean that Virginia will be stymied in reducing greenhouse gases for the next two years?
No. The General Assembly has considerable power to continue to move policy initiatives. Here’s a description of how that played out in the back-and-forth of the 2024 legislative session.
