…take place at 6 p.m. at the Carver Recreation Center. The event will also be live-streamed. The meeting info page doesn’t have any information on the budget but there are lots of…
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SELC & PEC Joint Letter to Orange County Planning Commission
This letter from PEC and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) to the Orange County Planning Commission was submitted in advance of its third work session on REZ 22-03, Wilderness…
Week Ahead for April 10, 2023: Charlottesville’s FY24 budget continues to grow; Eight-story building proposed for 1709 JPA
…take up changes to S&P Global’s building downtown Thanks as ever to the Piedmont Environmental Council for their support of the research that goes into this newsletter. Monday, April 10,…
Meet Ashish Kapoor, Senior Energy & Climate Policy Analyst
The Virginia Clean Economy Act of 2020 mandates that Dominion Energy deliver 100% of its energy from renewable sources by 2045. Unfortunately, the proliferation of high-energy-use data centers is moving…
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of October 23, 2023
…would have capacity for up to 500 students. The site had originally been slated for the county’s high school Center II but that will now be constructed at the more…
PEC Presentation on Planning for the Digital Age
…center development, forecasts for energy demand in Virginia, and land use impacts and externalities of data center development, such as transmission lines, substations, and energy generation facilities. Recommendations to planners…
Ask Loudoun Supervisors to Adopt the New Zoning Ordinance!
…environmental features when open space is developed On data center development: Changing by-right data center zoning to special exception zoning in Office Park and Research Park districts to ensure legislative…
PEC lawsuit confirms abuse of FOIA by Orange County for the benefit of Amazon
…other environmental impacts of the data center in Warrenton. “We are seeing a deeply troubling pattern across the Commonwealth, particularly around data center development proposals, of local governments conducting businesses…
Three Advocacy Priorities That Need Your Attention
…such projects across the state. The bill was passed by Senate Commerce and Labor on Monday and has been re-referred to Finance and Appropriations. Take Action Support Data Center Reform…
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week Ahead for March 25, 2024
…the UVA Center for Survey Research. Ninety-six percent of respondents who indicated they are gas customers thought it was important (somewhat, very, and extremely) important to have natural gas service…