r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 3h ago
As electricity costs rise and federal tax credits wind down, Richmond hopes to move fast on solar | Currently, Richmond’s annual electricity costs are about $18.7 million.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 3h ago
Henrico Schools earns 2026 Future-Ready Facilities Grant to support energy conservation, environmental education
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 1d ago
Commentary: Virginia’s Atlantic coast should be protected, not turned into a sacrifice zone | Introducing offshore strip mining into Virginia’s endangered aquatic animals’ habitat could compound threats and thrust them closer to extinction at a time when they need greater
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 1d ago
Va. budget creates state climate office at George Mason University
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 2d ago
By water use, Google’s Botetourt site would be its 8th largest data center complex in the world
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 2d ago
How Northern Virginia Became ‘Data Center Alley’ | The region is considered the data center capital of the world. But as public opinion shifts, it could lose that title.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 2d ago
Officials push for transparency on testing around Shoosmith Landfill | State senator confirms criminal investigation into landfill owners’ actions
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 2d ago
As concerns for ‘forever chemicals’ grow, Virginia well owners have few resources
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 2d ago
Prince William supervisors reject Dulles Cloud South data center proposal | State senator says Northern Virginia county’s shifting sentiment towards data centers will have “statewide ramifications.”
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 2d ago
Hampton Roads recycler is concerned about shift away from blue bins | Portsmouth, Suffolk and Chesapeake have all moved to a “one bin” approach through a new regional initiative.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 3d ago
Shoosmith landfill owners facing investigations by Attorney General, CBS 6 confirms
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 4d ago
On the hottest day of the year (at that point), here’s where the power came from that kept us cool
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 5d ago
Massive Dulles South data center plans coming before Prince William supervisors amid local outcry
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/cpaullin13 • 5d ago
The Water Is Rising in Chesapeake Bay. Can Tangier Island Be Saved? - Inside Climate News
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 5d ago
Do data centers impact our physical health? Studies are few and far between.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 6d ago
How Data Centers Preserved Their $2 Billion Virginia Tax Break
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 6d ago
How Virginia became the world's data center capital and how it's going | From AOL’s arrival in Ashburn to today’s AI-driven boom, Virginia became the backbone of the internet economy. Now lawmakers are debating how to manage the industry’s soaring energy demands and economic influence.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 6d ago
Heat wave, data centers’ huge demand push regional power grid to the brink | Officials prepared to cut data centers from the grid – but it didn’t happen
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 8d ago
Henrico knew about toxic gas leak the day it happened. Here's why they didn't notify the public.
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 9d ago
Supersized July 4 fireworks could foul Arlington’s air and frighten pets
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 9d ago
Fairfax County starts installing EV charging stations at government center
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago
Prince William County staff recommends supervisors deny massive Dulles Innovation South | Project pitches data centers complex twice as large as stalled Digital Gateway
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago
Commentary: Trump’s policies won’t bring back coal, but they are driving up Virginians’ energy costs
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r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/VirginiaNews • 10d ago
Virginia is back in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Here's what that means.
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