by Kaveri Helsley | Jan 26, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
As an Atlantic Coast Pipeline project opponent, I must point out some critically shoddy work in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Atlantic Coast Pipeline Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) analysis. In a Farmville Herald article, titled “FERC:...
by Kaveri Helsley | Jan 19, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
On Jan. 5, the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors showed its lack of concern for the health and safety of its citizens, preserving the flavor and history of the area or honoring the property of landowners. They ignored scientific research, national trends and the...
by Kaveri Helsley | Dec 23, 2016 | Coal, Economic Impacts
A golf course built on 1.5 million tons of coal ash that loses $100,000 a month and is a magnet for headlines about potential environmental contamination might not seem like a property to covet. Yet for three years, a bitter legal brawl that reached the Supreme Court...
