Scott to Observe Earth Day with Roundtable on Climate and Resilience at Chrysler Museum in Norfolk
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – TOMORROW, FRIDAY, April 22nd, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) will mark Earth Day 2022 by convening a roundtable on climate and resilience at the Chrysler Museum of Art. The Museum has partnered with Old Dominion University's Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience to present a photography exhibition entitled Waters Rising: A View From Our Backyard. Communities across the Hampton Roads region are particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change due to sea-level rise and land subsidence.
Congressman Scott will tour the exhibit and then convene a roundtable on coastal resilience with elected officials, community leaders and stakeholders. This roundtable will also highlight the investments being made by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which President Biden signed into law in November 2021. The BIL invests over $47 billion in climate resiliency projects. And just last month, the Biden Administration announced that Norfolk's Coastal Storm Risk Management Project will receive at least $339 million from the BIL to mitigate flooding near the Hague, the Chrysler Museum, and other flood prone areas in Norfolk.
WHO: | Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), Norfolk City Councilwoman Andria McClellan, local students, resilience coordinators, and environmental leaders. |
WHAT: | Earth Day Roundtable on Climate Resilience |
WHEN: | FRIDAY, April 22, 2022 at 9:30 A.M. |
WHERE | Chrysler Museum of Art |
Following the roundtable, the Congressman will visit Paradise Creek Nature Park for a nature walk hosted by the Elizabeth River Project. Paradise Creek, a tributary of the Elizabeth River located at 1141 Victory Blvd in Portsmouth, is a national model for restoring waterways contaminated by hazardous waste, including from Superfund sites. Thanks to the work of local, state, and federal partners and the Elizabeth River Project, the area now offers recreational opportunities and critical habitat while also improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay downstream. The BIL includes $3.5 billion to clean up contaminated Superfund sites and $238 million for the EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program to restore the Bay and its tributaries.
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