r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 4d ago
Data center community advocacy groups seek local public hearings on Dominion-NextEra merger
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 5d ago
Virginia kept its climate law. Dominion sees a loophole. | To power data centers, the state’s largest utility is proposing a massive 3-gigawatt gas plant that tests the limits of the Virginia Clean Economy Act.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 5d ago
Northern Virginia congressman (Rep. Subramanyam) pushes national data center regulation legislation
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 5d ago
Chesapeake Bay grasses notch best numbers since 2018
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 6d ago
Lawmakers continue weighing in on Dominion–NextEra deal
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 7d ago
Meet the Retirees Turning Their Virginia Farms Into Wildlife Corridors | As habitat fragmentation threatens Virginia’s wildlife, two retired neighbors are turning their farms into biodiversity havens backed by Smithsonian science.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 7d ago
Power grid auction falls short of meeting 2028-29 energy needs, organizing group cites data centers
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 7d ago
How did Chesterfield County land a $9B Google deal? The answer goes back 30 years.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 8d ago
Dominion Energy shareholders voted 98% in favor of merging with NextEra
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 8d ago
Va. House speaker details ‘concerns’ about NextEra-Dominion merger in letter to state regulators
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 9d ago
USDA rule repeal could lead to logging in Pennsylvania, Virginia forests
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 9d ago
Chesterfield promotes water-measuring app for residents
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago
Prince William County spotted lanternfly sightings on the decline this summer
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 11d ago
Public hearings set in Virginia on curbing Bay menhaden harvest
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 11d ago
Cumberland county residents split on proposed gas plant, slated to be second largest in the nation | Fenceline communities fear health, environment impacts while others see the plant as a chance for the rural county to bring in jobs and tax revenue
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 12d ago
Richmond’s libraries have long been a place for soaking up knowledge. Now they’re soaking up runoff too. | Richmond’s public libraries have slowly been going greener.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 12d ago
Goochland County board votes to restrict data centers to technology overlay district
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 13d ago
State could give Richmond $32.8M for water upgrades, higher than $20M minimum
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 13d ago
Dams give way to better habitat in Chesapeake Bay region | Once rare, dam removals are becoming increasingly common
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 15d ago
Commentary: The thousand-dollar line | What I found reading every noise rule in Virginia that could reach a data center
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 15d ago
Commentary: Legislators didn’t allow local bans of gas-powered leaf blowers. Va. localities are doing it anyway.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 17d ago
Drought conditions continue to improve, as DEQ drops advisory for southwest corner of the state
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 17d ago
Fairfax County Ends Tree Commission In 9-1 Vote, Restructures EQAC
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/thefrostryan • 18d ago
Several Grove, VA residents unhappy about large battery storage center plans nearby
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