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Partnership for the Ages

Partnership for the Ages

The Hellmanns are glad to know that their corner of the world will remain intact — a place where generations to come can enjoy the native wildflowers alongside Bear Trail, the hardwoods they plan to …
Community Events Help Us Think about Issues in New Ways

Community Events Help Us Think about Issues in New Ways

One of my favorite things about being a community planner is going to events and having conversations with people in informal settings, close to where they live. These gatherings tend to be a lot of …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for July 1, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for July 1, 2024

Charlottesville to review sidewalk priority list; Fluvanna Supervisors to hold public hearing on solar ban on agricultural land …
PEC's 2024 Annual Meeting in Charlottesville

PEC’s 2024 Annual Meeting in Charlottesville

PEC’s Annual Meeting brought together new faces and old to accelerate conservation and plan for a sustainable future …
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Update on Data Centers in Culpeper and Invite to Upcoming Rooftop Solar Lecture

Update on Data Centers in Culpeper and Invite to Upcoming Rooftop Solar Lecture

I’m writing today to share some good news, some hopeful developments in our continued fight against the relentless industrialization of Culpeper by the data center industry, and an invitation to our ongoing lecture series at …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for June 24, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for June 24, 2024

Solar policy on agendas of several meetings across the region …
Resources from the Loudoun Community Meeting on Transmission Lines – June 11, 2024

Resources from the Loudoun Community Meeting on Transmission Lines – June 11, 2024

More than 200 people joined us on June 11 for our Community Meeting on Transmission Lines at Heritage High School to learn about transmission line proliferation in Loudoun County resulting from the data center explosion …
a large solar canopy on a parking lot on a college campus with blue sky above

In the Driver’s Seat on Parking Lot Solar

Since Virginia is still at the beginning of its energy transition, now is the perfect time to rebuild our energy system in a way that is just and fair to all Virginia residents and ratepayers …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for June 17, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for June 17, 2024

Charlottesville City Council to get briefing on The State of Homelessness from area groups …
Action Needed: New transmission line designation threatens Virginia communities

Action Needed: New transmission line designation threatens Virginia communities

Tell the U.S. Department of Energy that fueling skyrocketing data center energy demand with coal-fired power plants is not an acceptable solution …