Year: 2025
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Supervisor Bob Weir – Our Friend
Dear Friends and Coalition Supporters, Gainesville Supervisor Bob Weir died Sunday, July 20, from an aggressive form of colon cancer. ********************* ‘Merry Christmas’ and Three Minutes of Fury: The Lasting Legacy of Bob Weir – Potomac Local (Interview video included) Bob Weir, Prince William
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Is Dominion Energy lying? Or – Do they really not know what substations they have in operation??
Dear Friends and Coalition Supporters, The recent Dominion Energy Vint Hill Expanded Substation open house on July 10th was quite an eye opener, but not necessarily in a good way. You can watch the Press Conference here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16g99jHrQ1/ The speakers were: Elizabeth Ward
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NPR: Why more residents are saying ‘No’ to AI data centers in their backyard
NPR’s Virginia report on residents who oppose data centers. Elena Schlossberg takes the reporter on a driving tour, identifying data centers from a mile away by their rows of backup diesel generators; NPR calls her the go-to person for how to organize.
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Podcast: Virginia is for…data centers? Residents are increasingly saying ‘No’ – NPR
NPR audio report on Virginia, home to the world’s highest concentration of data centers. Elena Schlossberg drives the reporter around Prince William County; the transcript is on the NPR page. Many activists around the country now seek her out about how to organize.
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Press Release – Press Conference, July 10 – 6 PM
ProtectPWC.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE What: Dominion Energy Open House Vint Hill Substation Expansion When: Thursday July 10th Where: Marsteller Middle School 14000 Sudley Manor Dr., Bristow, VA 20136 Time : 6pm Vint Hill Expansion Project Featured Speakers – PWC Sustainability Commissioner, State E
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Ever heard of a Gas Insulated Substation?? Get Ready for Vint Hill Substation “upgrade”
Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, As we have previously shared, the Coalition to Protect Prince William County leadership has been participating in Dominion Energy’s Prince William Energy Engagement Meetings (PWEEG) since June of 2023. Our purpose is to listen, observe, and ask questions about
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InsideNoVa Guest Opinion: Dominion Energy can do it a better way
Guest Column: Dominion Energy can do it a better way | Opinion | insidenova.com By Karen Sheehan June 29, 2025 Because of overwhelming demands for power from unconstrained data center development across Northern Virginia, PJM (our regional energy transmission organization) has approved Dominion Ener
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Stop the Insanity! Vote NO on Bristow
Dear Coalition Friends, This issue isn’t complicated. We are being engulfed by the unprecedented expansion of the data center industry in every way. Which begs the question: Why would this board vote for ANY DATA CENTER outside the Data Center Overlay District? It’s not just their immediate physic
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Business Insider: Series on Data Centers
Tallying the True Costs of AI – Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-data-center-cost-2025-6 How Business Insider Investigated the True Cost of Data Centers – Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/how-calculate-data-center-cost-environmental-impact-methodology-2025-6 The ‘A
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Time for a Change – Vote NO on Bristow
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