A Democrat-controlled Senate panel advanced a Republican proposal Tuesday to strip two Virginia citizen environmental boards of their permitting power, although the committee chair called the decision “a very close call.”  “This bill is not done,” said Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax, after the 11-4 vote. “There’s going to be some further work on it, I … Continue reading Senate panel advances bill to strip citizen boards’ environmental permitting power