As the senators and delegates of the 2026 General Assembly prepare for the upcoming session, the conservation and environmental advocacy community is already hard at work! The Virginia Conservation Network released its annual environmental briefing book, Our Common Agenda, to highlight the biggest issues for environmental policymaking in 2026. This collection of white papers outlines the problems and opportunities to tackle them in the upcoming General Assembly. 

LWC and partners meet with Senator Russet Perry for 2025 Conservation Lobby Day

Below, you can find links to the white papers of the issues most relevant to Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s mission and values. Our priority topics under each category – those that will produce policy delivering the most direct impact on Loudoun and its wildlife – are in bold. Be sure to check back on this page to see what bills come out of these issue areas once session convenes. We’ll be tracking the potential policies affecting Loudoun’s wildlife throughout the session. 

 Clean Water and Flood Resilience

• Safeguarding Water Supplies
• Preventing Erosion Runoff and Managing Stormwater
• Enforcing Water Quality Standards
• Stopping PFAS Pollution at its Source 
• Preventing Harms from Metals Mining
• Plastic Pollution and Producer Responsibility

Land and Wildlife Conservation

• Land Conservation Funding
• Investing in Accessible Public Lands
• Linking Landscapes for Wildlife and Safety
• Preserving and Expanding Tree Canopy
• Preventing Harms from Invasive Plants

Land Use and Transportation

• Addressing Data Center Impacts and Ensuring Transparency

Climate and Energy

• Charting Virginia’s Clean Energy Path
• Rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
• Addressing Data Center Energy Demand
• Maximizing Rooftop Solar and Distributed Generation
• Leveraging Battery Storage
• Preventing New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

Good Governance

• Advancing Environmental Justice
• Environmental Literacy: Building Tomorrow’s Workforce
• Curbing Monopoly Electrical Utilities’ Political Influence

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