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  • 2025 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Priorities

    2025 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Priorities (Updated as of 4/11/25 @ 4:31pm) This year’s Virginia General Assembly (a time when legislators get together to make a new set of laws) takes place from January 8 through February 22 with the Governor taking action on bills by March 24. Nature Forward, with help from several partners…

  • What’s on tap in Virginia’s 2025 General Assembly?

    Virginia’s General Assembly got off to a rocky start last week due to an early-week snowstorm. The storm knocked out Richmond’s fresh water supply across the city for several days, delaying the start of General Assembly work. Legislators started in earnest on Monday, January 13.  While we don’t have specific bills we’re following just yet,…

  • ¡Actúa ahora sobre el proyecto de ley de centros de datos en Prince George’s antes del 19 de noviembre!  

    By: Angie McCarthy. Click here to view the original in English. Translated by Denisse Guitarra. ACTUALIZACIÓN:  El martes noviembre 19, el Consejo del Condado de Prince George votó unánimemente a favor de APLASAR el proyecto de ley CB 52 al próximo año gracias a la gran cantidad de cartas que enviaron y a muchos que…

  • Take Action on Prince George’s Data Center Bill Before November 19th!

    UPDATE AS OF NOVEMBER 19TH: On Tuesday November 19, the Prince George’s County Council unanimously voted to HOLD on CB 52 until next year thanks to your outpouring of letters, and the many advocates who stood up for constituent’s voices.  Collectively, we sent 230 letters to the Prince George’s County Council! You can watch the full…

  • Data Center Frontiers Summit Recap

    Screenshot from the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2024 Website – note the sold out sign. Source: https://www.dcftrends.com/2024/home In early September 2024, Nature Forward Conservation Director Lydia Lawrence and I attended the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit in Reston, Virginia. Thankfully, I was on week three of my new role and was fully prepared to…

  • Nature Forward response to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ recent approval of new data center regulations:

    Nature Forward issued the following statement in response to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ recent approval of new data center regulations:

  • June Conservation Café: Data Center impacts on National Parks with NPCA

    On June 4th, Kyle Hart, Mid-Atlantic Program Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, spoke about the impact of data centers on our DMV region’s national parks.  Failing to reform the data center industry in the region threatens to undermine decades of conservation and environmental efforts in Virginia, Maryland, and beyond. See below for the…

  • 2024 Maryland General Assembly comes to a close

    Thank you to Nature Forward members, supporters and volunteers for a record level of advocacy outreach!

  • Data Centers in Maryland

    Data centers are large buildings that store computers to process and store data. There are many different types of data centers, and each one specializes in storing or processing data based on who owns the facility. These large computer and cable-filled structures end up taking up vast amounts of space and using lots of energy…

  • Data Centers In The Wrong Place: It’s A Bad Deal

    On September 13, 2022, ANS submitted written comments in opposition to a plan in Prince William County to bisect the protected areas of Conway Robinson State Forest and Manassas Battlefield National Park and remove over 2,100 acres from the Rural Crescent in order to develop data centers. The Planning Commission…

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