by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 20, 2020 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources, Regulatory Permit Process
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is dead. So what’s next for Buckingham County? Gold, apparently. This month, plans by a Canadian gold mining company to extract the valuable commodity from thousands of acres of land in Buckingham surfaced, setting off a wave of alarm in a...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 13, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge, Health & Safety
A Report from the EPA, Office of Inspector General September 29, 2014 Management controls put in place by the EPA to regulate and control hazardous chemical discharges from sewage treatment plants to water resources have limited effectiveness. The EPA regulates...
by Bob Day | Sep 12, 2015 | Health & Safety, Natural Gas
Carl Johnson and son Justin are third- and fourth-generation ranchers who for decades have battled oilfield companies that left a patchwork of barren earth where the men graze cattle in the high plains of New Mexico. Blunt and profane, they stroll across a 1 1/2-acre...