The mission of the Friends of Buckingham is to protect the natural environment and cultural heritage of Buckingham County.

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Ruby Laury, Farewell

Ruby Laury, Farewell

Ruby Laurie, councilwoman of Friends of Buckingham
The Friends of Buckingham regrets to inform you that our dear Ruby Laury passed away earlier today. John, her husband, just called the Past President, Chad Oba, to let her know and to pass on to you all. She will be deeply missed.
Ruby was a member of our Friends of Buckingham council and a stalwart defender of our Union Hill neighborhood during the Atlantic Coast Pipeline campaign. She always showed up, spoke out even when it was not within her comfort zone, and she \opened the church, where she served as deaconess,  to many meetings throughout the years. She will be forever missed.
Please keep her and John in your prayers. When an obituary is available, it will be posted here.

Solar News

Watch the webinar from Friends of Buckingham, recorded April 25, 2025, to learn from a panel of experts about the Dark Side of Industrial-Scale Solar.  Please share this widely.

Earth Month –
The Dark Side of Industrial-Scale Solar

 

USS Site Under Active Development in Southside Virginia (image from DEQ/AEP)

Industrial-Scale Solar in Spotsylvania County, VA
(Photo by Hugh Kenny. The Piedmont Environmental Council)

Solar energy must not come at the expense of nature or communities. But that is what is happening in Buckingham and across Virginia as industrial solar projects replace our forests and working lands.

  • Deforestation and bulldozing that forever changes the land.
  • Wildlife destroyed and habitats lost.
  • Waterways harmed.
  • Erosion and sediment to wetlands and waterways.
  • Largest land-use change ever.
  • Enormous industrial projects inserted into rural communities.
  • Forestry and forestry dependent jobs lost.

We must change course. We must save our forests and working lands by putting large-scale solar projects in the built-world. Places like parking lots, rooftops, brownfields, and already developed lands. Read more about the solar issues of our times.


Scott Flood, president of Friends of Buckingham, speaking at our 10th anniversary celebration.

 

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Celebrating 10 Years of Successes


The Friends of Buckingham

10-year anniversary celebration and annual meeting

 November 16, 2024

Use this link to watch the slide show of our many accomplishments from the past year.
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Stopping the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

After more than seven years fighting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, we WON!

Read about our successful efforts to protect the natural wonders of Virginia.

Media Center

Chris Landry’s documentary, Not On This Land, focuses on bout the remarkable people who stopped the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from being built.

Ben Price presents to the Buckingham Board of Supervisors 11/15/22: Adopt both a rights-based ordinance to protect our freedom from toxic trespass and a land-use ordinance. Start at 16:50. Stay on for our awesome public comments.

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