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Data Center Tax Exemption Changes Still Holding Up Virginia Budget

A Democratic senator wants to end the $1.9 billion handout. The industry doesn’t want to cede that much.

By Charles Paullin

 Virginia House Speaker Don Scott (left) and Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas speak with reporters on Wednesday. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News
An aerial view shows cars passing a data center under construction in Ashburn, Virginia, on Nov. 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Democrats Fail to Reach Compromise on Data Center Tax Exemption

By Charles Paullin
Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico) speaks in support of solar siting legislation during a Virginia General Assembly meeting. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Solar Siting Reforms Advance in Virginia After Years of Failed Attempts

By Charles Paullin
An aerial view of a solar farm in Disputanta, Va. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Localities, Rural Lawmakers Win in Halting Solar Siting Reform in Virginia

By Charles Paullin
Sections of steel pipe of the Mountain Valley Pipeline sit on wooden blocks in August 2022 near wetland areas in Callaway, Virginia. The state's General Assembly has diminished the power of residents to engage in the decision-making process for permitting and siting such projects as the Mountain Valley Pipeline under the state Department of Environmental Quality, a key environmental justice provision under Virginia law. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Environmental Justice Advocates in Virginia Fear Recent Legal Gains Could Be Thwarted by Politics in Richmond

By Hannah Chanatry

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