Jess Sims
@suntostandstill
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Fighting for Virginia's environment & listening to Yes. #NoMVP #NoMVPSouthgate #NoVRP #NoSSEP (opinions are my own)
Joined February 2018
Information on shelters, assistance and supply/food drives from @AppVoices:
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Recovery work will continue for months and years to come in communities hit hardest by Hurricane Helene. Thousands of households are still displaced, many
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The State Corporation Commission’s ruling on the gas-fired Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center takes Virginia backwards. My full statement:
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Mountain Valley Pipeline's Southgate project wins key water permit https://t.co/rCpWpPRP9r via @WVNews247
wvnews.com
NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. (WV News) — North Carolina regulators have approved a key water quality permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s proposed Southgate extension.
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In Tucker County, WV, residents are voicing their opposition to an out-of-state company’s plans to build an off-the-grid methane gas power plant to eventually power an enormous data center. More from West Virginia Watch!
westvirginiawatch.com
Residents of Tucker County, West Virginia, worry how a proposed power plant will impact the economy and environment.
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Ahead of today’s Goochland tech zone vote, residents continue to express concerns
richmondbizsense.com
“We are not against economic development, and I understand it, but it’s got to be done properly," said one Goochland resident ahead of the county's TOD vote today.
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#MVP pipeline update: The WV Department of Environmental Protection has issued a total of five notices of violation to the Mountain Valley Pipeline since it became operational last year. More from @tatecurtis with @wvpublic! ⬇️ https://t.co/AOAGTzSS3q
wvpublic.org
The MVP received four notices of violation from the DEP this year, in addition to the two it received last year after becoming operational in June 2024.
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“If we don’t [enforce the rule], this is just going to be an earlier death sentence for our miners,” said Vonda Robinson, vice president of the National #BlackLung Association. “28 years old, 30, 35 years old and passing away—that shouldn’t be.” https://t.co/7kBkjqfJEV
insideclimatenews.org
In a rally outside the U.S. Department of Labor, miners and their advocates stressed the need to limit silica exposure and protect workers from irreversible health impacts.
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Data centers emerging as an election issue https://t.co/mWHwlZc4w7 via @rtdnews
richmond.com
As voters started asking about data centers, Virginia political candidates have started -- cautiously -- to talk about them.
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Proposed Chesterfield gas plant draws community objections, industry support
virginiamercury.com
Virginia officials slammed Dominion Energy’s proposed peaker gas plant slated to be built in Chesterfield at an air permit hearing Monday night, as community members and their representatives said...
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Hundreds attend DEQ hearing on proposed power plant in Chesterfield https://t.co/IBs1jGWEcL via @rtdnews
richmond.com
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality held a public hearing to discuss the air permit Dominion is looking to obtain for its planned Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center.
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Chesterfield residents opposed to Dominion Energy's proposed gas-fired power plant in their community filled the room at a press conference and state briefing last Thursday, highlighting the dangers the project poses for local health and the risk of higher power bills.
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Chesterfield residents oppose planned Dominion gas plant: 'These pollutants are dangerous' https://t.co/tIoW1e7hsI via @rtdnews
richmond.com
"All of these pollutants are dangerous to us," one person said. "All of these would increase cancer and asthma rates in our community and would worsen the overall health of
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Thursday evening, #Virginia officials faced a packed room of concerned local residents asking questions about the health and environmental impacts of #DominionEnergy's proposed methane gas power plant in #Chesterfield County. https://t.co/oKnpnGGm4b
wtvr.com
The Virginia DEQ held an overview of Dominion Energy's proposed methane gas plant in Chesterfield County, a project that has generated significant community debate for the past two years.
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Today, #EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the agency will propose a rule to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding that has been crucial for regulating #GreenhouseGasEmissions that cause climate change. https://t.co/Unprc5tPdZ
appvoices.org
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the EPA will propose a rule to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding that has been crucial for regulating greenhouse...
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“We don’t accept that there is a shown need for the projects, and it’s part of this broader over-expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure to serve data centers and [artificial intelligence]” -@suntostandstill
eenews.net
Mountain Valley Pipeline wants to build a new natural gas pipeline in the Southeast. But Williams Cos. says its planned pipeline is all that’s needed.
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A #CentralVirginia resident warns about the harmful impacts on health & the environment that a proposed #DominionEnergy gas power plant in #Chesterfield Co. would have, saying that energy demand can be met with #RenewableEnergy in this @rtdnews LTE. https://t.co/ZS641NHbAD
richmond.com
As someone who taught English as a second language for over 20 years and who now enjoys retirement in the Varina district of Henrico County, I read Neil Amin's op-ed
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Thank you @RepMcClellan for continuing to keep Mountain Valley Pipeline & its harms + dangers in the spotlight
In today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing, I reiterated concerns raised by communities across Virginia about the Mountain Valley Pipeline and joined @EnergyCommerce Democrats to call for the federal pipeline safety program to have the workforce and resources it needs to keep our
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In today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing, I reiterated concerns raised by communities across Virginia about the Mountain Valley Pipeline and joined @EnergyCommerce Democrats to call for the federal pipeline safety program to have the workforce and resources it needs to keep our
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Following recent public concern that the administration may be working to replace the #TennesseeValleyAuthority's CEO with pro-privatization leadership, about a dozen groups strongly oppose any effort to privatize the #TVA. https://t.co/Z5gQqF39V1
appvoices.org
Privatizing TVA would hand over critical public assets, including power plants, transmission lines, dams, parks, lakes, trails and other recreational areas to corporations that serve shareholders,...
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