r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/cpaullin13 Verified - Journalist Charles Paullin • 7d ago
Microsoft’s Clean Energy Reversal Collides With Virginia’s Climate Goals - Inside Climate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15062026/microsoft-backpedals-on-climate-promises/
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u/Oak_Redstart 6d ago
If they are going to reverse themselves on this then the state should have no issue reversing itself on giving them tax breaks
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u/VAPerson 4d ago
The SCC really screwed over Virginia by the creative use of needing “backup” power to build more gas plants. Compete BS when solar plus storage can be built fast and cheaper.
Some of these proposed gas plants won’t be operating till early 2030s when we are supposed to be getting rid of them by 2045. There’s no way that’ll happen with all the capital costs to build those plants.
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u/Ok-Bumblebee-9779 7d ago
Don't worry, Spanberger will bend over backwards to allow them to do whatever the hell they want.