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The Piedmont News: July 11, 2025
Top Stories: Data centers face pushback, clean energy tax credits face the axe, Shenandoah faces understaffing and a bald eagle soars again
The Piedmont News: July 4, 2025
Top Stories: Data center opposition, clean energy in the crosshairs, parks, birds and bears
The Piedmont News: June 27, 2025
Top Stories: Data Center push back, electricity rates push higher, AI pushes forward, Clean Energy and National Forests are pushed aside, and more
The Piedmont News: June 20, 2025
Top Stories: Eldon Farms revealed, AI’s true toll, public lands on the block, tick-borne illnesses on the rise, and more.
The Piedmont News: June 13, 2025
Top Stories: electricity rates spike; redlined neighborhoods set for hotter temps; blue crab numbers decline; big new data center and power line proposals; and more
The Piedmont News: June 4, 2025
Top Stories: risks of AI data center “bubble”; Dominion proposes alternate route for Loudoun transmission line; updates on clean water and the Chesapeake Bay, and more
The Piedmont News: May 30, 2025
Top Stories: Gov. Younkin vetoes funds for Biscuit Run trail; i-66 bridge replacement threatens historic mill in Fauquier; West Virginia residents fight proposed data center; and more
The Piedmont News: May 23, 2025
Top Stories: local opposition to data centers; Wilderness Battlefield named among most endangered historic places; AI’s energy footprint; reconnecting with nature through turtles; and more
The Piedmont News: May 16, 2025
Top stories: Albemarle transportation projects; public hearings on transmission projects; data center blindsides city to avoid paying taxes; governor vetoes Biscuit Run connector trail & clean energy bills ; water security concerns; and more
