Riparian Buffers: Benefits for Water, Wildlife & People
Riparian buffers are vegetated or forested transitional zones between land and water resources, such as streams, rivers, lakes, ponds or wetlands …
Take Action: Show Your Support for Virginia’s Great Outdoors Act
The House Finance Committee takes up the bill on Wednesday. Please take a moment to send in a letter! Dear Supporter, Last week, we reached out to you about the urgent need for data center reform …
A Renewed Call to Pass Data Center Reform Legislation
There are still many impactful data center bills being decided on soon and we need your help supporting them …
Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition in Richmond February 9th to Advocate for Meaningful Data Center Legislation
On Monday, Feb. 9, nearly 200 Virginians from across the state will travel to Richmond to advocate for data center reform legislation as part of the Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition’s Lobby Day …
TedX Talk: 3 Ways to Find the Radical Middle with PEC’s Ashish Kapoor
PEC’s Senior Energy & Climate Advisor, Ashish Kapoor, gave a talk at TedX Warrenton about three ways to find the radical middle when navigating views across social and political spectrums …
Elizabeth Ransom
Elizabeth Ransom joined the PEC communications team as the Media & Public Relations Specialist in January 2026, motivated to contribute to PEC’s mission to protect and restore the lands and waters of the Virginia Piedmont …
Jessica Collins
Jessica Collins joined PEC in December of 2025 to support the finance team as Bookkeeper …
Support Agrivoltaics Bill HB 508 / SB 340
HB 508 / SB 340 defines “agrivoltaics,” as it pertains to small renewable energy projects, as “the intentional co-location of agricultural production and solar energy generation on the same land …
Emily Stern
Emily joined PEC in 2026 as the Conservation Field Representative for Rappahannock County …
Michael Barber
Michael joined the PEC team in 2026. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center for Environmental Studies, where he interned with the University Sustainability Office and helped track energy, waste and emissions data …
