The mission of the Friends of Buckingham is to protect the natural environment and cultural heritage of Buckingham County.
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Scott Flood, president of Friends of Buckingham, speaking at our 10th anniversary celebration.
Utility-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.
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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NAACP Urges Lawmakers: Consider Impact Widespread Solar Adoption
Friends of Buckingham applauds this local news coverage. https://cardinalnews.org/2025/01/08/environmental-justice-solar-development-among-top-legislative-concerns-for-henry-county-martinsville-naacp-leadership/
Newsletter # 173: 2024 Year-End Accomplishments
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Special Virginia Senate Election, Tuesday Jan. 7
There will be a special election on Tuesday, Jan. 7 to replace state Senator McGuire, who was elected to Congress. The Democratic candidate is Jack Trammell and the Republican is Luther Cifers. Early voting will be December 27, 28, and 30, and January 3 and 4. Find...
FOB Comments on rule for ‘small’ solar energy projects
Scott Flood, president of Friends of Buckingham, has submitted comments on our behalf regarding the proposed rule for small solar energy projects with rated capacity greater than five MW and disturbance zones greater than 10 acres. See...
Huge Climate Win for Virginians
The Circuit court rules in favor of rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Today, a circuit court judge confirmed that the decision to pull Virginia out of a successful climate program known as RGGI, or the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, was unlawful. ...
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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.