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

Friends of Buckingham, Working together for a better community.

Solar News

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.

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

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

Read more about the solar issues of our times.

Celebrate Our Successes


You’re invited to the Friends of Buckingham

10-year anniversary celebration and annual meeting.

November 16, 2024
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Buckingham Community Center
16266 N James Madison Hwy,
Dillwyn, VA 23936
RSVP

 

We have much to celebrate. In collaboration with other communities and organizations across the region, Friends of Buckingham (FoB) helped stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and, with it, the construction of a toxic and noisy compressor station here in Buckingham. This was a major victory for environmental justice! Since then, we’ve worked to create barriers for large-scale gold mining in Virginia and are now actively engaged in protecting our precious waterways, forests, and working lands from today’s industrial solar siting practices. We CAN have both solar energy and nature.

We want you to be part of our future. As some of our dedicated Council members prepare to step down, we invite and truly need YOU to become a member and play a role in the leadership of our organization. Being a FoB member means being a pivotal part of the future of Buckingham and ensuring a safe, nurturing environment for communities. Of note, members are eligible to vote in our upcoming elections for FoB leadership. Want to become a member? Visit our membership page for more information!

Please RSVP for our November 16 celebration here.

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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Membership is free. Support us by adding your name and make a contribution, as you wish. United we can be effective. We stopped the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. We supported the ban on cyanide in metalic mining. We can’t do with without you!

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