Shannon Heckt is an Environment & Energy Reporter at the Virginia Mercury. She covers a range of critical issues including energy policy, natural disasters, and environmental politics, with a focus on climate change and water management. Shannon's work has been featured in numerous outlets including KRQE News, Louisiana Weekly Publishing Co, and the Virginian-Pilot, among others.
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Shannon’s focus on local Louisiana politics, legislative sessions, and legal policy regulation indicates a strong interest in covering government announcements and the impact of policies on the local community. She is likely to be interested in pitches related to ongoing political developments within Louisiana, including legislation affecting residents or newsworthy actions by lawmakers.
Given her concentration on specific issues such as lawmaking, elections, and disaster recovery within Louisiana, Shannon would benefit from pitches that provide insights into these topics. Experts with direct knowledge of local politics or those who can offer analysis of how certain policies might affect constituents are likely to garner her attention.
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By: Shannon Heckt
Just days after failed trade talks between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prompted new sweeping tariffs and threats of retaliation, U.S.
By: Shannon Heckt
Just days after failed trade talks between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prompted new sweeping tariffs and threats of retaliation, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sat down with Virginia agricultural and forestry producers Monday to hear how the escalating trade dispute could affect an industry already struggling with rising costs and […]
(VIRGINIA MERCURY) - Just days after failed trade talks between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prompted new sweeping tariffs and threats of retaliation, U.S.
By: Shannon Heckt
Just days after failed trade talks between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prompted new sweeping tariffs and threats of retaliation, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sat
By: Shannon Heckt
Virginia farmers told Sen. Tim Kaine that new U.S.-Canada tariffs could deepen rising fuel and fertilizer costs, threatening already strained farm finances and ...
Amazon Web Services is changing course on how a King George data center project will get its water after an application to renew a groundwater permit
By: Shannon Heckt
Amazon Web Services is changing course on how a King George data center project will get its water after an application to renew a groundwater permit allowing withdrawals of up to 6.4 million gallons annually from the Potomac aquifer raised concerns.The tech giant is set to construct a major data center campus in the county at the Birchwood Drive tech campus that could host more than a dozen data centers across the 869-acre property.
By: Shannon Heckt
PJM, the regional grid operator for most of the East Coast, is asking federal regulators to approve a rule requiring new large-load customers, namely data centers, to bring their own power supply to the grid.
By: Shannon Heckt
The plan could shift more energy cost to large-load customers while raising concerns about increased use of backup diesel generators.
(VIRGINIA MERCURY) - PJM, the regional grid operator for most of the East Coast, is asking federal regulators to approve a rule requiring new large-load customers, namely data centers, to bring their own power supply to the grid.
