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Sarah Vogelsong

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Sarah Vogelsong is a freelance journalist based in Richmond, Virginia, who previously served as editor-in-chief of the Virginia Mercury, where she also covered energy and environment issues. She has worked for multiple Virginia and regional publications, including Chesapeake Bay Journal, The Progress-Index and The Caroline Progress, and her reporting has won awards from groups such as the Society of Environmental Journalists and Virginia Press Association. A graduate of William & Mary, she is also an alumna of the Columbia Energy Journalism Initiative and Metcalf Institute Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists.
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

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

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

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