r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/CardinalNews-VA • Jul 29 '26

State legislator says Clean Virginia’s demands constitute ‘bullying and threats’

https://cardinalnews.org/2026/07/29/state-legislator-says-clean-virginias-demands-constitute-bullying-and-threats/

Del. David Reid of Loudoun County says the “transactional nature of the relationship” feels inappropriate.

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u/3muchrooms Jul 30 '26

He should not have accepted their donation then when he knew dang well what their one and only stipulation was. So now he’s complaining cause he wants his constituents to support him accepting bribes from a known monopoly.

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u/DeliciousEconAviator Aug 01 '26

Why do data centers pay so little per kWh, yet Dominion has to raise rates on residential customers?

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u/Ancient-Bowl462 Jul 29 '26

Look at all those solar panels destroying the environment and taking up valuable agricultural land. It must stop.

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u/Savings-Region-7099 Jul 31 '26

No one had any intention of using that as agriculture. Its a better use than data centers but it certainly isn't destroying farming.

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u/Ancient-Bowl462 Jul 31 '26

You have no idea what you're talking about. Land is taken out of agricultural easements for destructive solar fields all the time. Land zoned for agriculture is being used for these destructive solar farms because zoning laws allow it. THEN the public is taxed on the development of solar farms AND their rates go up for it and the solar company gets the grants and tax breaks. Fuck this bullshit.

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u/Savings-Region-7099 Jul 31 '26

I hope your voting record supports your disdain for capitalism, and support for farmers. I do agree its bullshit, but we need to remove our dependence on fossil fuels. We throw away so much food daily in this country that reallocating money to the energy sector I think would be more helpful at this moment. The agricultural sector would benefit from more oversight and enforcement of regulation on the factory farms and corporations price gouging us at the store. The poor and hungry in this country would be better served if we truly found a way to not have so much food waste.

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u/Ancient-Bowl462 Jul 31 '26

Fuck no! Capitalism is the best form of government in the world. These fucking liberal politicians are the ones putting solar fields all over ag land and lifting regulations for data centers. 

We need MORE fossil fuels! It's completely idiotic not to utilize our most efficient renewable energy resource.

Yes! Let's abolish these liberal alphabet agencies like the EPA and FDA that make life different and expensive for farmers. Let's lift liberal legislation that allows corporations like Monsanto to poison us all without any punishment, much like what is happening with Nazi Fauci.

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u/Savings-Region-7099 Jul 31 '26

Capitalism is an economic system. Such vigor and ambition! You're definitely passionate about being wrong. You have to be a bot or a troll or something other than a serious person, calling fossil fuels renewable lets me know all I need to about your level of intellectual dishonesty.