By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~
Farmers in central Virginia’s Louisa County got a glimpse of the much-acclaimed green energy future – and they don’t like what they see.
Instead of the clean power they were promised, they are dealing with pollution – and lots of it.
Stormwater runoff from Dominion Energy’s Belcher Solar project has spilled into nearby Harris Creek, temporarily turning it into a raging river that has flooded land adjacent to the project causing widespread erosion.
A month-long investigation by Richmond TV station WTVR documents the damage the project has caused. To construct the 1,300-acre (just over two square miles) industrial-scale Belcher Solar array, Dominion Energy clear-cut trees and other vegetation on a parcel that is slightly higher than the surrounding land. And when the area is hit by heavy rains, nearby property owners suffer the consequences.
Bobby Marks, whose property has been in his family for four…
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