by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 10, 2021 | Gold Mining
This article, published recently in Newsletter #132, is by Stephanie Rinaldi, directly impacted neighbor, FoB Gold Committee Co-Chair. In March, Governor Northam signed our bill (HB 2213) into law, and that law took effect July 1. Thank you to all those who...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 4, 2021 | Gold Mining
It should have been a time for the Buckingham County, Virginia, environmental community to celebrate and recuperate from a bruising but successful battle to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and a compressor station planned for Union Hill. “We were elated and exhausted...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 9, 2021 | Pipelines
The Keystone XL pipeline project is officially terminated, the sponsor company announced Wednesday. Calgary-based TC Energy is pulling the plug on the project after Canadian officials failed to persuade President Joe Biden to reverse his cancellation of its permit on...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 2, 2021 | Gold Mining
Impact of thousands of wildcat gold miners shown as president Jair Bolsonaro is accused of trying to promote their illegal work Rare and disturbing aerial photographs have laid bare the devastation being inflicted on Brazil’s largest reserve for indigenous...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 20, 2021 | Environmental Justice, FERC communications, Press Releases
Our very own Montina!!! Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick today announced the appointment of Montina Cole to serve as Senior Counsel for Environmental Justice and Equity, effective June 1, 2021. Cole, a seasoned executive and attorney...
