The mission of the Friends of Buckingham is to protect the natural environment and cultural heritage of Buckingham County.
We now face a major threat to Buckingham and the entire state of Virginia. A Canadian exploration company found gold in Buckingham. Here’s what that could mean for this community:
- An open-pit mine hundreds of acres wide and hundreds of feet deep, pulling water from our well sources
- Massive cyanide waste lagoons
- Contaminated drinking water, streams, rivers, and lakes
- Taxpayers left paying millions for an unsalvageable toxic waste site.
We have a fundamental right to clean water, air, and land. A gold mine would violate those rights.
Read more about the fight to ban gold-mining, learn what actions you can take.
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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Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Utility Scale Solar Sites
“This document reflects … scientific opinion and position on these issues as of May 12, 2024, and will be revised and updated as needed due to changes in research findings or regulations.” “Even relatively small local projects (< 5 MW) can lead to significant...
DEQ Fines Energix Renewable Energies over $150,000 for Violations
DEQ fines Energix Renewable Energies over $150,000 for environmental violations— further damaging its reputation in Virginia. Citing Energix violations of some 75 legal requirements of the State Water Control Law, permits, and regulations, the Virginia Department of...
A Church, an Ashram, and a Pipeline
We are delighted by this podcast and invite you to listen and to share it widely. Originally published on https://religionlab.virginia.edu/podcast/a-church-an-ashram-and-a-pipeline/. Used with permission. Transcript In 2014, Virginia’s Dominion Energy...
Newsletter #170: Cyanide bill clears the house!; Industrial solar & data centers
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Retrospective: EJ played a pivotal role with the ACP
Lakshmi Fjord recounts the pivotal role environmental justice played in the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Learning how to fight environmental injustice through legal evidence became Friends of Buckingham’s specialty and major work leading to the...
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