Solar farms, data centers and carbon dioxide are on track to dominate General Assembly discussions on the environment in the 2025 session.
So, too, will talk about cleaner waterways.
Battles over menhaden — the small fish that support a fish oil plant in Reedville and a related fleet of vessels — are also on the horizon.
Sports fishermen contend that the menhaden fleet takes too many fish from the Chesapeake Bay, leaving the overfished striped bass of the bay without enough food.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has said menhaden are not overfished.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
