Regional, State and National

PEC joins with partner organizations to promote thriving communities and healthy natural resources in the Shenandoah Valley, the central Piedmont, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground corridor and Northern Virginia counties.

PEC Calls on U.S. Senators To Stop Mountain Valley Pipeline

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On Earth Day, The Piedmont Environmental Council joined 24 groups and 17 members of the General Assembly in a letter to U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner unequivocally outlining the environmental and social justice impacts of the Mountain Valley ...
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PEC Signs Letter Asking National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board to Reduce Transportation Emissions, Sprawl

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On May 1, PEC joined 34 other groups around Virginia, D.C. and Maryland in signing on to a joint letter from the Coalition for Smarter Growth (CSG) to make necessary and feasible changes to the National Capital Region Transportation Planning ...
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Amazon Data Center Would Force New Transmission Line to Warrenton

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Dominion Energy says it would be required to build new 230-kV transmission lines if the Amazon data center on Blackwell Rd in Warrenton moves forward ...
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Director of State Policy

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PEC’s Director of State Policy represents the organization in policy matters at the regional and state level ...
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Report from Richmond: The good, the bad from a busy session

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PEC's summary of the 2022 Virginia General Assembly session ...
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