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Appeal Digital Park and AWS Calvert Cliffs, Calvert County, MD: Maryland Data Center Series, Pt. 6
Earlier this year, two hyperscale data center campuses were proposed less than four miles from each other in Calvert County, MD. But what are the details of these projects? And how did the community respond to these unexpected proposals? The Proposed Project AWS Calvert Cliffs In March 2026, some Calvert County residents saw a LinkedIn… Read more
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Press Release: MD Gov’s Executive Order on Data Centers
On September 23, Governor Wes Moore signed an Executive Order that addressed his concerns for the future of data centers. You can read the Executive Order is available on the Governor’s website here, or watch the video here. Within the Executive Order, he outlined five main priorities: To that end, the Executive Order established a… Read more
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Say NO to the Edsall Substation at Plaza 500
We need your voice to stop the approval of a proposed 5-acre substation (artistic rendering shown above). This substation is only being proposed because of an approved (but not yet built) data center. It would be just 67 feet away from a townhome community, connecting to transmission lines that would run straight through a Resource… Read more
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De la maleza a la naturaleza: Community Empowerment for Invasive Management
How community environmental leaders along Route 1 in Alexandria learned about invasive species management–and then took action in their community! Read more
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Meet Our New Maryland Conservation Advocate
¡Hola hola! I’m Carol Daniela, but you can call me Dani. Nice to meet you. I was born and raised in Colombia, South America. I like to think of myself as a daughter of the beautiful Andes mountains. My love for nature started when I was a child. During my school vacations, I used to… Read more
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Meet Our New DC Conservation Advocate
Hello! I’m Marquelle Ogletree (she/her) the new DC Conservation Advocate at Nature Forward. I’m excited to carry forward the work of Jamoni Overby on emergency preparedness, clean water, and environmental justice across DC. I grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, where I began advocating for environmental, climate, and social justice in my community. I often visited… Read more
