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State Senate President Louise Lucas, Virginia’s immovable power broker, has clashed with Gov. Spanberger over lucrative state tax incentives for data centers
State Senate President Louise Lucas, Virginia’s immovable power broker, has clashed with Gov. Spanberger over lucrative state tax incentives for data centers
We still haven’t been able to generate anybody interested in helping Waynesboro fight back against the request for a state permit that would allow Northrop Grumman to release tons of hazardous air pollutants into our local environment.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation filed a court brief in support of challengers to the Virginia DEQ approval of an air permit for Dominion Energy’s proposed new fossil fuel power plant in Chesterfield County.
Virginia has one chance to critically assess NextEra Energy’s proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy.
Alright, Step 1, the effort at getting the Virginia DEQ to slow things down on the request of Northrop Grumman for a permit that would allow the release of hazardous air pollutants into our local environment, success.
Dominion Energy and Florida-based NextEra Energy plan to merge to form the largest utility in the U.S. Clean Virginia, a nonprofit advocacy organization, urges extreme caution that this mega-merger does not put corporate profits ahead of customers.
At the risk of stating the obvious, it’s at least possible that two members of Waynesboro City Council want to call the Trump regime over the Multicultural Festival that Waynesboro Public Schools held at Kate Collins Middle School on Tuesday.

Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger detailed her plans to make utility bills more affordable, as the cost of electricity continues to rise.
The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule established prohibitions on road construction on nearly 60 million acres of public lands.
Climate change details the rapid increase of Earth’s temperature resulting from the excessive emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
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