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 For Immediate Release  Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Richmond, VA – Today, the State Corporation Commission approved Dominion Energy’s request to construct the 944-megawatt Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center—a new methane...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2025Contact: Tim Cywinski, tim.cywinski@sierraclub.orgRichmond, VA — Sierra Club Virginia Chapter congratulates Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger, Lt. Governor-elect Ghazala Hashmi, and Attorney General-elect...

Sierra Club Virginia Chapter Announces Initial Endorsements in 2025 House of Delegates ElectionsFIght for clean air, water, and action on climate change heads to the 2026 Session Richmond, Va. – Today, the Sierra Club...

“I don’t know of any community that is welcoming data centers with open arms anymore,” says the Sierra Club’s Tim Cywinski, “because we have so much experience with the past facilities that we know what the worst-case scenario looks like.”

Original story found here. By Kyndall HansonPublished: Jul. 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM EDTCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Environmental groups across Virginia are expressing concerns with Dominion Energy’s 15-year integrated resource plan (IRP), taking...

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Virginia Sierra Club Disappointed in State Corporation Commission’s Tacit Approval of Dominion Energy Integrated Resource PlanRichmond, Va – Today the Virginia State Corporation Commission voted to approve Dominion Energy’s Integrated Resource Plan...

About an hour west of Virginia’s capital city, and east of Lynchburg, the start of Virginia’s Appalachian portion, Cumberland County sits about as close to the center of the state’s Piedmont as it gets.It’s a rural county with rolling landscapes,...

A large-scale data center project that’s drawn the ire of hundreds of Chesapeake residents will come up for discussion at the City Council’s meeting Tuesday. But city lawmakers will vote on whether to defer a vote on the project until August at the...