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Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 28, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 28, 2024

This week: Albemarle and Charlottesville Planning Commissions to meet for first time in six years …
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Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative offers financial incentives for delayed haying and summer pasture stockpiling

Now through Nov 15, the Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative (VGBI) is accepting applications from producers in 16 counties across the northern Virginia Piedmont, Blue Ridge, and Shenandoah Valley, who are interested in financial incentives for …
Malvika Shrimali

Malvika Shrimali

Communications Specialist540-347-2334 [email protected] Prior to joining PEC as a Communications Specialist, Malvika Shrimali had the pleasure of working on diverse projects and learning about the many, many parts that make up the whole of our …
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Loudoun Considers Policy and Zoning Changes to Better Manage Data Center Development

Loudoun Considers Policy and Zoning Changes to Better Manage Data Center Development

We have a real opportunity to improve the process by which data centers are approved in Loudoun County and start to shift away from the unsustainable path we’ve been on. I encourage you to urge the Planning …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 21, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 21, 2024

Greene County planning for a recreation center; Zoning code rewrite meeting in Nelson; Albemarle PC to continue AC44 process …
Lea Justice

Lea Justice

Buy Fresh Buy Local Assistant 540-347-2334 ext. [email protected] Lea Justice joined The Piedmont Environmental Council as Buy Fresh Buy Local Assistant in the fall of 2024. She is honored to contribute to the mission of …
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Keely Murphy

Keely Murphy

Keely Murphy joins PEC as the Conservation Field Representative for the Potomac Watershed. Keely got her professional start in land conservation in Colorado where she worked for Colorado Open Lands as a Conservation Fellow. Prior …
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Dominion Energy Integrated Resource Plan projects historic rate increases for Virginia ratepayers while subsidizing the world’s wealthiest companies

Dominion Energy Integrated Resource Plan projects historic rate increases for Virginia ratepayers while subsidizing the world’s wealthiest companies

The Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) filed by Dominion Energy with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (“SCC”) this week projects a more than 100 percent increase in electricity usage in the next 15 years, primarily driven …
Amanda Aiyar

Amanda Aiyar

HR & Payroll Specialist 540-347-2334 ext. [email protected] Amanda joined The Piedmont Environmental Council team in August 2024 and serves as the HR & Payroll Specialist. She attended Indiana University Bloomington, gaining a B.A. in English …
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President’s Letter: A Lifetime of Conservation

At our annual Farm-to-Table Dinner and Gala on September 21, we honor the lifetime of conservation leadership by two amazing women, Hope Porter and Marie Ridder, who will both turn 100 in the coming months …