The Fairfax County Environmental Quality Advisory Council will hold a public hearing January 9 on their annual report on the state of the county’s environment. Speakers can discuss the report’s content, what’s missing, or other environmental issues.

Loudoun County officials are updating the county’s comprehensive plan, a guiding land-use document.

At the initiation of Mount Vernon Supervisor Dan Storck, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on November 20th authorized consideration of a comprehensive plan amendment to include natural landscaping at county facilities in the county’s Policy Plan.

The November 6th election brought a change in party leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 116th Congress. Many Washington observers predict that House committees will conduct more oversight of federal-agency actions.

Every year, area jurisdictions prepare requests for legislation that they send to the Virginia General Assembly.

ASNV is participating in a Fairfax County drone task force, called the Public Safety Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Task Force, led by the Office of Emergency Management, which is reviewing practices for use of these systems and focusing on how to “effectively and safely implement a UAS program” in the county.

The Arlington Tree Action Group is working to stop tree destruction and to preserve trees in Arlington.

Alexandria dubs itself an “eco-city” and has several initiatives under way.

The U.S. Congress is considering many measures that would, if enacted, undermine long-standing environmental protection laws.