Author: Karen Sheehan
Poll: 92% of Virginians Say Lawmakers Must Do More to Control Data Center Impacts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 16, 2026 Contact: Victoria Higgins, Virginia Director, vhiggins@chesapeakeclimate.org, 201-937-7017 KC Chartrand, Communications Director, kc@chesapeakeclimate.org, 240-620-7144 92% of Virginians Say Lawmakers Must Do More to Control Data Center Impacts
Momentum is Growing – Make the Data Centers Pay THEIR Share!
Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, February 9 Get on the bus and lobby for data center accountability Data Center Reform Lobby Day Tickets, Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 7:30 AM | Eventbrite It is impossible to miss the avalanche of bad news for the Data
Inside NoVa: Prince William has spent $1.6M defending Digital Gateway
Prince William has spent $1.6M defending Digital Gateway | Prince William | insidenova.com
Breaking News – For Immediate Release
Dear Coalition Friends and Neighbors, For Immediate Release January 5, 2026 LEADING CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS PUNCH BACK AGAINST WORLD’S LARGEST DATA CENTER COMPLEX, FILE AMICUS BRIEF Groups say the Prince William Digital Gateway threatens irreparable harm to historic, natural and cultural resources (Manassas, Virginia) — Today,
Amicus Brief – Digital Gateway Court of Appeals – Jan. 5, 2026
Amicus 010526 1584-25-4 et al. Brief of Amici Curiae Amicus Participants 010526 1584-25-4 et al. Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief
Washington Post: The data center rebellion is here, and it’s reshaping the political landscape
The data center rebellion is here, and it’s reshaping the political landscape As the buildout of AI infrastructure alarms communities, it is fast emerging as a potent electoral issue across the political divide. January 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. ESTYesterday at 5:00 a.m. EST 9
PEC: It’s Time for Virginia to Pause Data Center Approvals
It’s Time for Virginia to Pause Data Center Approvals – The Piedmont Environmental Council
Dulles South Innovation Center Application Beyond Absurd
Dear Coalition Friends and Neighbors, If you believed we had reached the pinnacle of absurd with the Digital Gateway project, buckle up. Greed and avarice apparently know no “earthly” bounds. As you may be aware, since around 2022 there has been an “assemblage” area of approximately
PJM Data Center-Driven Transmission Expansion Projects 2022 to Present – December 2025
This presentation contains the latest recommended PJM transmission expansion project: PJM Data Center Driven Projects 2022 to Present Dec 2025
Coalition Responds to DEQ – Get YOUR Comments In!
Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, We wanted to share the Coalition Letter to Virginia’s DEQ for two reasons: ** We wanted to remind you to send in a few brief comments expressing your concerns to DEQ. Their main job, as a science-based non-partisan government agency — their “only”
Send Email: The FOUR Dastardly ‘D’s: Data Centers, Diesel, DEQ and Dominion
Click on the yellow banner in the top of the form below to read the message. Enter your name, email, and other information in the form below. Finally, click on the orange “Send Email” button at the bottom of the form. Your message will be
Coalition Comment to DEQ: NO to new DEQ on-site generator guidance
DEQ comments 120125 ProtectPWC.org December 1, 2025 NO to new DEQ on-site generator guidance The observation of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County is fairly simple. What this new proposed DEQ “guidance” demonstrates is that our public utility system is broken. We reject
SCC Raises YOUR Utility Rates
Dear Coalition Supporters and Friends, Life is all about perspective. Is the glass half empty, or half full. Our approach in the tough times – for how to manage what we know is a very long game – is to keep moving forward. However –
The Three Dastardly ‘D’s: Diesel, Data, DEQ
Dear Coalition Supporters and Friends, What do all these ‘D’s have in common? They all connect to your air quality. Yes, that’s correct. How are they connected, you may be asking. Remember back in 2023 when this community showed up in force at DEQ to
Vantage Data Center in Ashburn: Noise & Gas Emissions
Vantage noise 1 Vantage noise 2 Vantage emissions along ground
Now it’s Gas Lines and Gas Plants
Dear Coalition Supporters and Friends, If only we could turn this energy infrastructure onslaught into a game. With prizes. But this is not a game, and it certainly isn’t fun. In addition to the massive concrete data center buildings and the land they consume, there are
All of us are FIGHTING for the FUTURE of this ENTIRE County!
The most significant change in the Pathway to 2040 Comprehensive Plan approved Dec. 13, 2022 update: the elimination of the county’s rural area designation from the map, known to many as the “rural crescent.” But we know the cure. The cure is citizens engaging. The
PJM: Data Center-Driven Transmission Expansion Projects – November 2025
PJM Data Center Driven Projects 2022 to Present November 2025
Invasion of the Transmission Line Monsters
Dear Coalition Supporters and Friends, This is TOTALLY RIDICULOUS! We are being inundated by yet more data center energy infrastructure. READ THIS! With all the data centers being built and approved in our region, the reality is that the expansion of the power corridor between