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What Candidates Have Planned for Virginia’s Coast Could Decide a Key Congressional Race

Flooding, offshore wind projects, and plans for sea-based mining are just a few of the issues facing the state’s second congressional district.

By Avril Silva

A wind turbine at Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project off the coast of Virginia Beach. Credit: Dominion Energy
Workers gather at the State Pier in New London, Conn., on Aug. 25, 2025, to discuss the Trump administration’s order to halt construction of the offshore wind project called Revolution Wind. Credit: Tyler Russell/Connecticut Public via Getty Images

As US Offshore Wind Disappears, a Generation of Workers Is Left Behind

By Ajani Stella

The natural gas-fired Linden Cogeneration Plant in Linden, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Natural Gas Dominates PJM’s First Reformed Grid Queue, Driven by Data-Center Demand

By Aman Azhar

Barrier islands around the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

As Trump Promotes Critical Mineral Mining, a Company Eyes the Seafloor in Coastal Virginia

By Charles Paullin

Virginia Delegate Irine Shin (left) stands with Gov. Abigail Spanberger during a RGGI bill signing event in Richmond on June 30. Credit: Phuong Tran/SELC

Virginia’s Long-Awaited Return to RGGI Comes With New Challenges

By Charles Paullin

After Months of Debate, Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements

By Charles Paullin

A recent vote delays the decision on how to recognize tribes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement until December. Credit: Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Bay Program Delays Decision on Tribes’ Place in Chesapeake Agreement

By Aman Azhar

Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s administration wants to require data center companies to pay the costs of transmission lines and substations that their projects require. Credit: Office of the Governor of Virginia

Virginia’s Governor Weighs in on Pivotal Case About Data Center Transmission Costs

By Charles Paullin

Tidal flooding fills the streets in Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 3, 2022. Credit: Jim Morrison/The Washington Post via Getty Images

More Living Shorelines Could Come to States Bordering Chesapeake Bay if the Region’s Senators Get Their Way

By Avril Silva

Data center cooling fans and generators operate next to a power substation in Ashburn, Va., on Nov. 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

FERC Order Bolsters Maryland Case Against Billions in Data Center Grid Costs

By Aman Azhar

A fisherman passes crab shanties during sunrise Tangier, Va. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

The Water Is Rising in Chesapeake Bay. Can Tangier Island Be Saved?

By Charles Paullin

A Microsoft data center is seen under construction behind a recently constructed Amazon data center in Aldie, Va., on Jan. 20, 2023. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Microsoft’s Clean Energy Reversal Collides With Virginia’s Climate Goals

By Charles Paullin

Existing transmission lines run through Goochland and Louisa counties. The support structures are similar to those that would be used for Valley Link. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Residents Wrangle Over Transmission Line Proposal for Rural Virginia

By Charles Paullin

Pipes divert raw sewage into the C&O Canal around a broken section of the Potomac Interceptor on Feb. 16 in Cabin John, Md. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Sewage and Fuel Leaks Contaminate the Potomac River, Source of Drinking Water for More Than 5 Million People

By Aman Azhar

Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa.) questioned DC Water CEO David Gadis at the Wednesday hearing about the collapse of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line. Credit: House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Congress Grills Officials About the Potomac River Sewage Spill

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is likely to be completed next year. Credit: Dominion Energy

NextEra Energy to Join the Offshore Wind Club, But Does It Matter?

By Dan Gearino

The campus of NextEra’s headquarters is seen on Monday in Juno Beach, Fla. Credit: Marco Bello/Getty Images

A Utility Mega-Merger Is All About Data Centers

By Dan Gearino, Amy Green, Charles Paullin

Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaks in the chamber of the Supreme Court of Virginia on March 2 in Richmond. Credit: Mike Kropf-Pool/Getty Images

Virginia Governor Signs Dominion-Backed Bills. All Eyes on Regulators Now.

By Charles Paullin

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers remarks on Feb. 24 in Williamsburg. Credit: Mike Kropf/Getty Images

Virginia Legislature Bucks Governor’s Amendments to Dominion-Backed Bill

By Charles Paullin

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