PRESS RELEASE: Data Center Reform Lobby Day – February 9 in Richmond: 2026 General Assembly – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church – 8AM-2PM

Data Center Reform Coalition Press Release For Immediate Release Media Contact: Mike Doble, The Piedmont Environmental Council mdoble@pecva.org; 703-579-7963 Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition in Richmond February 9th to Advocate for Meaningful Data Center Legislation Recent Polls Reveal Virginians Expect Legislators to Act, Not Kick The Read More …

Interview: Data center industrial proliferation impacts on ‘America At Night’

Hear Elena Schlossberg helping national radio affiliate McGraw Milhaven on America At Night to understand the realities with data center industrial proliferation into communities all over the country. After getting to the page, scroll down to “All Episodes,” then choose the first one:  “Luis Valdes, Read More …

NO TIME TO WASTE! Get on the Bus Feb. 9 – Send YOUR Letters

Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, (Take Action Below!) Can you believe it:  The Data Center Coalition wants us to ‘THANK THEM’ for being ‘willing’ to turn on their diesel generators — to protect a grid that THEIR load demand is putting at risk?! Recent updated calculations identify Read More …

UPDATE: Vint Hill Substation Application DEFERRED – Jan. 20 Evening BOCS Meeting CANCELLED

UPDATE:  The Vint Hill Gas Insulated Substation Application was DEFERRED.  The January 20 7:00 PM evening BOCS meeting has been CANCELLED. —————————- Tell the BOCS:  NO to Vint Hill Substation. Stand up for the health and well-being of residents.  (See action items below.) Supervisor Vic Angry, now Read More …

Be Bold – Say NO to Vint Hill Gas Insulated Substation

Dear Coalition Friends and Supporters, Tell the BOCS:  NO to Vint Hill Substation. Stand up for the health and well-being of residents.  (See action items below.) Supervisor Vic Angry, now Vice Chair, proclaimed from the dais, “It’s time for bold decisions.” We AGREE, IT IS Read More …

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 Read More …

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, Read More …

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” Read More …

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 Read More …

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 Read More …

Letter to PJM: PJM CIFP Fast Tracking — Comments & Recommendations — Coalition to Protect Prince William County

Sent: Monday, November 10, 2025 12:16 PM To: ‘Michele.Greening@pjm.com’ <Michele.Greening@pjm.com>; ‘lynn.horning@pjm.com’ <lynn.horning@pjm.com> Cc: ‘elena s’ <elenalouise@hotmail.com>; ‘karensheehan@verizon.net’ <karensheehan@verizon.net>; ‘Cindy Burbank’ <cindy.burbank@comcast.net>; ‘Julie Bolthouse’ <jbolthouse@pecva.org>; ‘Denise Schefer’ <denise.schefer@gmail.com>; ‘PJ Leary’ <pjleary1@gmail.com>; ‘Evelyn Eichorn’ <eeichorn@pecva.org>; ‘Dave Gibson’ <davegibson3@gmail.com>; ‘OPC@maryland.gov’ <OPC@maryland.gov>; ‘ma@monitoringanalytics.com’ <ma@monitoringanalytics.com>; ‘william.fields@maryland.gov’ <william.fields@maryland.gov>; ‘trutigliano@nrdc.org’ <trutigliano@nrdc.org>; ‘clang-ree@nrdc.org’ Read More …

Press Conference/Rally – Standing United Against More Data Center Powerlines

What:  Rally and Press Conference Opposing yet ANOTHER 230kV Data Center Transmission Line When:  Wednesday, November 5th – 5:30 pm Where: GMU Beacon Hall, 10945 George Mason Circle, Manassas Who:     Vida Carroll – CABSA Senator Danica Roem Delegate Ian Lovejoy Gainesville Supervisor Candidate Patrick Harders Jeanne Read More …