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The Piedmont News: February 7, 2026
Top Stories: Solar, housing and data center reform bills move through GA; Nuclear made easier; Another gas pipeline; and more…
The Piedmont News – January 30, 2026
Data centers allowed to run back-up generators, power plant outages soar, 5,000+ acres protected near Shenandoah, and more
The Piedmont News: January, 24, 2026
Top Stories: Data center reform moves through GA; Amazon buys up Louisa; E-bike vouchers are back; and more…
The Piedmont News: January 16, 2026
Top Stories: General Assembly kicks off; Data center reform legislation proposed; Trump and governors put pressure on PJM; Meta goes nuclear; and more…
The Piedmont News: December 31, 2025
Top Stories: winter food for wildlife, PFAS in wells & waters, parks & rec. impacts in Va., Sperryville transmission line meeting, data center moratoriums and tax losses, solar rules could shortchange families, better health from dark skies, and more
The Piedmont News: December 19, 2025
Top Stories: Golden-Mars Transmission Line Case Begins; Huge Data Center Campus Proposed in Gainesville; Regulators Consider Expanding Use of Diesel Generators; and more
The Piedmont News – December 12, 2025
Virginia lawmakers propose slowing down data center growth; Conservation groups decry high-end resort on Loudoun-Fauquier border; States push to end secrecy over data center water use; and more
Piedmont News: December 5, 2025
Top Stories: Environmentalist weighs in on new rate class for data centers; New Chesapeake Bay watershed agreement; Proposed changes to Endangered Species Act could impact Virginia animals; and more
