The Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce supports the development of cost-effective, alternative, and renewable energy sources while keeping Virginia competitive in the energy market. VA West further supports the expansion of nuclear energy, the continued Energy development of clean coal technology, and the exploration for oil and natural gas off of Virginia's coast.

Aug 31, 2010 Anti-Griffith ad puts heat on Boucher (The Roanoke Times) The ad, featuring pictures of windmills bearing Chinese script, said Griffith "wants to block clean energy legislation that will create thousands of jobs in Virginia" that can't be outsourced. Otherwise, it suggests, those jobs will go to China. It ran Monday in The Roanoke Times.    more...  

Aug 28, 2010 Norfolk chosen for energy efficiency initiative (The Virginian-Pilot) ...governments are responsible for 5 percent of a community's energy use, which equates to 5 percent of their greenhouse gas emissions, the major cause of global climate change, Lerch said. The Green Community Challenge aims to help the other 95 percent of the community use energy more...    more...