Concerned Citizen James Neely pointed out the city’s charter expressly communicates that elections should be staggered and occur on odd-numbered years during the October 10 meeting. A Direct Congressional Spending grant awarded through Senator Raphael Warnock’s office for $197,000 is no longer available to assist in financing Keysville’s second well project. Environmental Protection Agency spokesperson
The project, called Velella Epsilon, was first proposed by Ocean Era in 2017. Acquiring all of the proper permits and legal challenges continues to cause delays.
Elizabeth Burns had just come inside from gardening in 2021 when she caught a TV news report about a rocklike material contaminating a nearby community's soil with lead.
The Environmental Protection Agency recently confirmed high lead levels in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. The location stands in contrast to many polluted sites investigated by the federal Superfund program often in former industrial or waste disposal areas where environmental racism has left marginalized groups at risk.