Climate Change and Virginia (78K PDF)
Climate Change and Virginia: this page discusses the potential impacts of global warming or climate change on the State of Virginia.
EPA conf rep - Global Climate Change: What Does It Mean for the Mid-Atlantic States? (1.5 MB PDF)
Chesapeake Bay Case Study
The impacts of climate change on public lands differ from the implications elsewhere in two fundamental respects. First, they are often unique: Yellowstone, Yosemite, Everglades, and many other National Parks were created because it was important to preserve these unusual areas in their natural state forever; Blackwater, Edmund Forsythe (formerly Brigantine), Audubon, and other National Wildlife Refuges were once typical of the natural environments in their respective regions, but today provide unique habit within their regions. Second, the importance and public ownership of these areas may present unique opportunities for ensuring their survival as climate changes.
Maps of Lands Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise -- On the Mid-Atlantic Coast
This section presents maps illustrating the elevations of lands close to sea level in Mid-Atlantic states, including New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia. These maps were created in support of the report, 'Maps of Lands Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise: Modeled Elevations along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts'.
Action Plans
State action plans describe how a state might reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as the potential impacts of those reductions.
Legislative Initiatives
This page lists recent legislative activities in various states.
State GHG Inventories
The State Emission Inventories section provides a broad overview of greenhouse gas emission sources and sinks, introduces key concepts, and discusses the primary drivers for the growth in greenhouse gas emissions.
Coastal Residents
The EPA Global Warming Site - Visitor Center focuses on the impacts made by climate change of interest to particular groups and the actions that are being taken to stem those impacts.