ICYMI: @realDonaldTrump is seeking to end energy and environment policies intended to address climate change and protect natural resources. The team at @insideclimate has a page dedicated to coverage of it. Check it out.

RT @stacypparker: Hurricane Erin is churning up the waves in Virginia Beach this morning.

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RT @GovernorVA: We continue to closely monitor Hurricane Erin’s offshore track. The storm is bringing dangerous water conditions to Virgini….

“In our mind, it makes it even more important for the General Assembly of Virginia to really take action,” Tyler Ray, president of the Bren Pointe Homeowners Association, said. “It’s clear under the current statute that residents are at risk.”.

Dominion said in its application for a gas peaker plant in Va that it used an independent monitor to review bids for the project. Then it said it didn't. In 2019, a utility employee colluded with a company during a bid process that undercut other offers.

BREAKING: Judge overturns Prince William Digital Gateway via @pwctimes.

Attorneys for environmental groups and the EPA argued in court yesterday whether Trump's orders lawfully canceled $3 billion in grants to fund resiliency projects. Some money went to SW Va, which saw 3.5 inches of rain lead to flooding, injuries in July.

Virginia's been deploying broadband in rural areas for a few years. The work has overcome obstacles, and now faces changes from the Trump administration as the hardest-to-reach areas remain to be served. Via @VirginiaBiz .

ICYMI: Cumberland County approved a landfill last week despite residents' concerns over potential harms to Black cultural, historic sites and well water sources. Via @CardinalNewsVA .

.@SpanbergerForVA, the Democractic candidate for governor of Virginia, has a lead over @winwithwinsome in the polls, fundraising. Her platform embraces renewables, some natural gas and having data centers pay their fare share for grid upgrades.

Layoffs, Votes of No Confidence and a Leader on Leave at One of the Nation’s Oldest Environmental Groups

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.@GovernorVA was among the group of nine bipartisan governors who wrote PJM to have more of a say on the grid operator's governance and address issues of getting energy sources, mostly clean ones, onto the electric grid.

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RT @8NEWS: Evacuations underway in Russell County in Dante area due to flooding

RT @jack_brook96: Louisiana’s ambitious $3 billion plan to rebuild Gulf coastline using BP oil spill settlement funds has been canceled aft….

RT @tatecurtis: A little dive in to the history of public broadcasting. The House passed the Public Broadcasting Act on Sept. 21, 1967, 2….

Within the past week, @GovernorVA has announced moves to use Artificial Intelligence skills to land jobs and use AI to cut regulations. AI runs through data centers, the facilities popping up near Virginians' homes and straining power, water resources.

.@ENERGY released a grid reliability report. Critics say it's unreliable given the flaws in its methodology, and worry about a continued use of @DominionEnergy's costly, polluting Mount Storm coal plant.

RT @KateSeltzer: In April, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that 521 "criminal illegal immigrants" had been arrested through the Virginia Home….

Ian spoke with many different people for this - community members, advocacy groups, government officials and people who know the history of the island and bridge. Lots of info on road design, multimodal transportation and dealing with flooding.