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2025 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Carr
VCU - Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environment (ISEE)

Item 196 #2h

Item 196 #2h

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Education: Higher Education
Virginia Commonwealth University FY2025 $300,000 FY2026 $300,000 GF

Language
Page 264, line 24, strike "$360,394,910" and insert "$360,694,910".
Page 264, line 24, strike "$387,394,910" and insert "$387,694,910".


Explanation

(This amendment requests additional funding to support the research, education and outreach goals of the ISEE to (1) create new and efficient materials and devices for clean and sustainable energy; (2) develop innovations in carbon capture, sequestration and productive conversion; (3) understand the impacts of climate change on natural and human ecosystems, with an emphasis on ecological adaptation and environmental justice; (4) analyze policy solutions and actively engage with policymakers at the local, state and federal levels to pursue those solutions; (5) educate graduate and undergraduate students on energy, environmental and climate change issues, and train them for careers in these fields; and, (6) work with the broader community to gain a shared understanding of climate change impacts, challenges and potential solutions.)