This Post Is Different It’s not about what we do on the farm, riparian buffers, or our comical journey with the electric car. It’s different because our country is in a whirlpool of negative chaos, and I’m down a couple of notches on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Forget about the...
Note: The text of this post was first published as an oped in the News Leader on 6/12/2024. GASLIGHT: The perfect title for a book about the defeat of the largest, most expensive, unpermitted, fracked-gas pipeline in American history: the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Jonathan Mingle’s new 282-page thriller chronicles the...
Are there words that can describe 2020? Plenty of negative ones come to mind, like “Why can’t you wear a mask?” But I am staying positive and sharing images of hope and healing—and planting more trees. The presidential election is over. Vaccines to treat the virus are on the way....
One of the best gifts of 2020 was Dominion Energy’s abandonment of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. It was a victory for the little guy over corporate bullying and profiteering. I’ve written an educational guide based on how the six-year fight unfolded—Four Factors That Led to the Defeat of the Atlantic...
Note: The text from most of this post was published as an op-ed piece in the News-Leader on 7/17/20.
Shepherdstown, WV: It used to be part of Virginia before our war against slavery. I’m here, standing on the southern bank of the Potomac River looking at the large windows and columns of the mansion of Ferry Hill Plantation on the northern, Maryland side of the river. I’m mesmerized, staring...
Environmental Racism: Actions and decisions that result in the disproportionate exposure of people of color to environmental hazards and environmental health burdens. A textbook example of environmental racism has unfolded in Union Hill, Virginia. When Dominion Energy was looking for a site for its Buckingham compressor station the Federal Energy...
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