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Virginia’s state government is considering spending millions in taxpayer money in handouts to private polluters and Big Tech. At a time when education and healthcare are critically underfunded and in a critical window to prevent runaway climate catastrophe, this is unacceptable.

Chesapeake Utilities wants $7.4 million dollars of your money to build a natural gas pipeline through the Bay region of the Eastern Shore to supply Purdue and Tyson chicken processing facilities.

We shouldn’t be building new fossil fuel pipelines at this critical juncture in our climate journey, period. But we definitely can’t allow the state to give away ten million dollars of taxpayer money to foot the bill for fossil fuel companies to further pollute our environment.

OPPOSE: House budget: Item C-52.20 #1h (Del. Bloxom), Senate budget item: Item 101 #3s (Sen. DeSteph)

To make matters worse, House lawmakers are considering extending the tax giveaway to data center companies through 2050 with no strings attached. The richest companies in the world don’t need a cent of taxpayer money to build their energy-guzzling warehouses. Not only should the state not extend the tax credit another 15 years, they should support efforts to condition the existing tax credit on energy efficiency and clean energy standards – which is what the Senate proposed.

OPPOSE: House budget: Item 3-5.25 #2h (Del. Kilgore)
SUPPORT: Senate budget: Item 4-14 #7s (Sen. Deeds)

Send your legislators a message now! Tell to REJECT budget amendments that would prop up fossil fuels and Big Tech!

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Dear {contact_data~title} {contact_data~lastName},

I am a constituent in your district. I hope you are staying well during this General Assembly session.

I am reaching out with concern about some items in the budget that give taxpayer-funded handouts to private companies. House budget: Item C-52.20 #1h and Senate budget Item 101 #3s would subsidize gas infrastructure for Chesapeake Utilities in Accomack. The proposed pipeline associated with the project is in the sensitive Bay region and also risks clean water and air. I would urge you to oppose the inclusion of this giveaway in the state budget.

The second item is Item 3-5.25 #2h in the House budget. This extends the tax credit for data centers through 2050 with no strings attached. We should not give money away to the richest companies in the world, particularly without ensuring the facilities meet strong environmental standards. I would respectfully ask you to oppose Item 3-5.25 #2h and instead support the Senate budget Item 4-14 #7s, which conditions the tax credit on energy efficiency.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

{user_data~First name} {user_data~Last name},
{user_data~Address line 1}
{user_data~City}

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