Please address general press inquiries to Cindy Sabato at [email protected] or 540-347-2334 x7021 — or to the media contact listed in a specific press release.
Press Release: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Should Not Loosen Rules on Data Center Use of Diesel Generators
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has proposed a major change that would allow data centers to run polluting Tier II backup diesel generators during planned outage events, such as during construction projects and …
Deconstruction and documentation of former Gilberts Corner gas station building to begin Dec. 2
After nearly three years of careful evaluation, The Piedmont Environmental Council has made the difficult but necessary decision to carefully deconstruct the 1927 Gilberts gas station structure at the Gilberts Corner Farmers Market, located at …
Press Release: Piedmont Environmental Council Reacts to SCC Decisions in the Biennial Rate Case
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) just announced its decision in the historic rate-setting case for Dominion Energy. “While this decision recognizes that data center demand is driving future expenditures – and grants Dominion’s request …
Press Release: PEC Announces 2025 Photo Contest Winners
The Piedmont Environmental Council is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 Annual Photo Contest …
Three Things Everyone Needs to Know About Data Centers in Virginia, Right Now
Data centers and rising energy costs were a top issue for voters in the election. But who’s really in charge? And, who’s responsible for ensuring there’s a transparent, sustainable, achievable energy plan for our state? …
Community invited to judge PEC annual photo contest finalists through Nov. 16
MEDIA CONTACT: Hugh Kenny, Multimedia Communications Specialist, [email protected]; 540-347-2334, x7024 WARRENTON, VA. (Nov 1, 2025) – Finalists in The Piedmont Environmental Council’s 15th Annual Photo Contest have been selected and community members are now invited …
Op-Ed: Protect Virginians from paying billions for data center infrastructure
Billions of dollars of new power generation and transmission infrastructure is needed to meet data center demand. As of now, all of Virginia’s ratepayers are on the hook to pay for this through their electric …
Press Release: Energy independence and dual land use are central pillars of PEC’s new crop-based agrivoltaics demonstration project
On an appropriately sunny Friday afternoon, Oct. 17, more than 70 community members came together at The Piedmont Environmental Council’s Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows to officially “cut the ribbon” on Virginia’s first crop-based agrivoltaics …
Press Release: Financial incentives available to farmers for haying practices that support nesting birds
Media Contacts: October Greenfield, VGBI Co-Coordinator, [email protected]; 540-347-2334, x7051Lauria McShane, VGBI Assistant; [email protected]; 540-347-2334, x7056 PIEDMONT, SHENANDOAH VALLEY, BLUE RIDGE, Va. (Oct. 14, 2025) – The Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative is pleased to announce the …
Press Release: Volunteers wanted to help plant trees in Flint Hill, Lovettsville, and “Little” Washington
The Piedmont Environmental Council is calling on community volunteers who love to get their hands dirty to join in any of three upcoming volunteer tree planting projects in October and November …
