by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 23, 2022 | Pipelines
Thanks to Friends of Nelson, and specifically Ellen Bouton, an archives project of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline saga was started in the fall of 2020. Once the project was organized, Friends of Buckingham was invited to join. This article is the story of this project. I...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 22, 2022 | Pipelines
“The paper documents many of the significant developments in the six-year opposition effort against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Its nearly 170 pages chronicles over 400 individual developments with over 500 links to regulatory documents, legal challenges,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 18, 2022 | Environmental Justice, Gold Mining
The State Agency gold mining study work group meeting on Monday May 16 caught the attention of Joe Dashiell, senior reporter for WDBJ7 TV out of Roanoke and Richmond. Joe managed to distill well the essentials of the advisements of speaker Steve Emerman. From the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 9, 2022 | Gold Mining
Buckingham County faces the prospect of a gold mine within its borders. Many of the county’s residents are opposed to it. If it is permitted, there will no doubt be other companies looking to mine elsewhere in Virginia. The state has enlisted the help of the National...