â BENEFITS: LOW â IMPACTS: HIGH â. Industrial-scale wind energy is often promoted as a clean and sustainable source of energy. It brings, however, many adverse impacts of its own. Of most immediate concern for communities targeted for wind power facilities are their size and noise, with the consequent loss of amenity and, in many cases, health.
Central Virginia, also known as the Piedmont, is the largest region of the state of Virginia and contains the state capital, Richmond. It is marked on the east by the Fall Line, and on the west by the Appalachian Mountains. The southern part of this region, bordering on North Carolina, is generally referred to in the state as Southside Virginia. Cities and Towns . Amherst; Ashland; Charlottesville; Culpeper; Danville; Farmville; Fredericksburg; Locust Dale; Louisa; Lynchburg; Martinsville
Newport News was the only Hampton Roads locality on the list. Manassas Park, Manassas, Prince William, Danville and Martinsville were the other state localities on the list. Outside of Virginia, the cities that made the shift to majority-minority since 2000 were mainly in California or along the East Coast. The growing minority population in Newport News, and nationwide, is mainly because of birth, not immigration, said Qian Cai, who researches demographics for the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.