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An aerial view of Amazon Web Services data center situated near a neighborhood in Stone Ridge, Va. Northern Virginia is home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Virginia Legislators Pushing to Use Taxpayer Funds for Natural Gas Projects

By Charles Paullin

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin addresses the General Assembly during his State of the Commonwealth speech on Jan. 13. Credit: John C. Clark/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Virginia, Democratic Lawmakers Clash With Youngkin Over RGGI Membership, Flood Relief

By Charles Paullin

Sections of steel pipe owned by the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Lindside, W.Va. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Mountain Valley Pipeline Files Application To Build Southgate Extension Project from Virginia into North Carolina

By Charles Paullin

An aerial view of the Fort Powhatan solar farm in Disputanta, Va. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Virginia Debate Over Solar Development Goals and Land Use Has Rural Lawmakers on Edge

By Charles Paullin

Eric Soderholm, coastal wetlands restoration lead at The Nature Conservancy, takes a soil sample to evaluate the water saturation of peat at the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia. Credit: Sydney Bezanson/The Nature Conservancy

Virginia Once Drained and Dried Peatlands, but Now Eyes Them as Carbon Sinks

By Diana Kruzman

Rusted barrels and cracked concrete are all that remain of the former Glidden Paint Plant in Reading, Pa. State funding has been allocated to remediate the site prior to a planned redevelopment. Credit: Daniel Propp/Inside Climate News

How North America’s Leading Brownfield Redeveloper Makes Millions by Not Redeveloping Brownfields

By Daniel Propp

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks during "Fox & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on Oct. 10 in New York City. Credit: John Lamparski/Getty Images

A Virginia Circuit Court Finds Youngkin’s Withdrawal from RGGI ‘Unlawful’

By Jake Bolster

A view of power lines owned by Dominion Energy in Culpeper, Va. Credit: Zack Wajsgras/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Latest Dominion Energy Development Forecasts Raise Ire of Virginia Environmentalists

By Jake Bolster

As drivers enter Purcellville, Virginia, they are reminded via road signs that farms in the area are under drought watch on Sept. 7, 2023. Credit: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

A Combination of Heat and Drought Walloped Virginia Vegetable Farmers

By Sean Sublette

A worker climbs out of the walkway inside Hazel, the tunnel boring machine, on April 19, 2023 in Alexandria, Virginia. Credit: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images

After $615 Million and 16 Months of Tunneling, Alexandria, Virginia, Is Close to Fixing Its Sewage Overflow Problem

By Sarah Vogelsong

A view of the Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant and Reservoir operated by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers on the Maryland-D.C. border. Credit: USACE

Aggressive Algae Bloom Clogged Water System, Prompting Boil Water Advisory in D.C. and Parts of Virginia

By Aman Azhar

Bridges cross the marshes and streams of the Chesapeake Bay watershed on Tangier Island in Virginia. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images

When a Retired Scientist Suggested Virginia Weaken Wetlands Protections, the State Said, No Way

By Sarah Vogelsong

Steel pipe sections of the Mountain Valley Pipeline during construction in Bent Mountain, Virginia, in August 2022. The pipeline became operational on Friday. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

A ‘Rights of Nature’ Tribunal Puts the Mountain Valley Pipeline on Trial

By Hannah Chanatry

Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers remarks to the media following the adjournment of the 2024 Virginia General Assembly on March 14 in Richmond, Va. Credit: Minh Connors/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Youngkin Pledges to Decouple Virginia from California Vehicle Emissions Standards by End of 2024

By Sarah Vogelsong

Amazon data centers are seen next to Loudoun Meadows houses in Aldie, Va. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Virginia Has the Biggest Data Center Market in the World. Can It Also Decarbonize Its Grid?

By Sarah Vogelsong

Solar panels are installed on the roof of a church in Alexandria, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Energy Developers Want Reforms to Virginia’s Process for Connecting Renewables to the Grid, Hoping to Control Costs 

By Sarah Vogelsong

A row of cars using EV charging stations in Springfield, Virginia. Credit: Robert Knopes/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Virginia Seeks Millions of Dollars in Federal Funds Aimed at Reducing Pollution and Electrifying Transportation and Buildings

By Jake Bolster

After 36 hours inside the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the activist was charged with four misdemeanors and released on a $3,500 bail.

To Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a Young Activist Spends 36 Hours Inside it

By Keerti Gopal

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