by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 12, 2023 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 28, 2023 | Gold Mining
The Buckingham County Planning Commission is not “dragging their feet.” County residents who want to limit mining practices in Buckingham know there have been multiple meetings during the past few months as well as audiences with concerned residents, presentations...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 25, 2023 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 24, 2023 | Gold Mining
DILLWYN – In the end, they decided to leave things as they are, at least for now. On Tuesday, June 20, the Buckingham County Planning Commission (PC) weighed several proposals on how to change things about the county’s approach to metallic mining. But legal concerns...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 24, 2023 | Gold Mining
The Buckingham County Comprehensive Plan is being reviewed and updated. This could be an important step towards creating strong protections from metallic mining. The first public input meeting was on Thursday June 15, 6 pm at the Community Center in Dillwyn, next to...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 12, 2023 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 4, 2023 | Events, Gold Mining
Calling all Buckingham County residents and landowners to show up and speak up at the review of the Comprehensive Plan. The County is calling a public meeting (June 15th at 6pm at the Community Center in Dillwyn) to get public input on the future vision of Buckingham...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 25, 2023 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 19, 2023 | Gold Mining
Buckingham County attorney EM Wright presented information at a work session on May 15 on options for the Planning Commission to consider for local regulation of metallic mining. Check out this clear coverage by Brian Carlton of the Farmville Herald below. ...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 17, 2023 | Gold Mining, Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 16, 2023 | Events, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Appalachian Voices and the Southern Environmental Law Center sponsored the documentary film “Not On This Land: The Fight Against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.” The premiere film screening was on Wednesday evening, April 12, 2023 at the Buckingham Community Center in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 16, 2023 | Gold Mining
After a lengthy battle against a national pipeline, residents of Central Virginia face a new ecological threat – gold mining. Photography by Karen Kasmauski; Written by Dori Rathmell Published April 13, 2023 Check out this well informed, beautifully photographed...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 8, 2023 | Gold Mining, Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 7, 2023 | Gold Mining
The effort at the state level to ban cyanide use in mining was at first very well received. But partisan actions killed it in committee, halting any further possibilities in the 2023 General Assembly to protect us from potential metallic mining. We recently discovered...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 3, 2023 | Gold Mining
Timeline continued from the Gold Mining Page: Updates/Timeline in Brief Ban Gold-mining November 2022: National Academy of Sciences hosted a report release webinar on November 2. For links to the report – scroll up to the Take Action section. Next State Agency...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 18, 2023 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 18, 2023 | Solar
Thanks to Scott Flood for the updates around the state on how industrial solar is going – not so well. Photo: Spotsylvania industrial solar field Mecklenburg County Board denies Antler’s Road solar project appeal...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 13, 2023 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 11, 2023 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 10, 2023 | Gold Mining
A bill that would have banned the use of cyanide in mining and processing operations in Virginia was killed at the last minute Monday. House Bill 1722 from Del. Shelly Simonds, D-Newport News, was sent back to committee the day before crossover, the deadline by which...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 25, 2023 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 25, 2023 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 17, 2023 | Gold Mining
Protect our Water! Thanks to Press Pause Coalition, for writing House Bill 1722 and finding Delegate Simonds to patron it. Now it’s up to us to get the comments to the General Assembly. Use this link to find the bill. Click on view comments. See what others have...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 14, 2023 | Gold Mining
Brian Carlton, Editor of the Farmville Herald, has been following the gold mining issue closely. In 2 articles last week, he follows the formation of the gold mining committee by the Buckingham Board of Supervisors. The committee was approved at the 12-12-2022 Board...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 13, 2023 | Solar
Thanks to Scott Flood for this article and keeping us alert to these pressing concerns. On November 14, 2022, EPA and DOJ announced 1.34 million in settlements to resolve Clean Water Act violations at four large-scale solar construction sites in Alabama, Idaho and...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 7, 2023 | Gold Mining
In 2020, Buckingham County residents discovered that a mineral exploration company, Aston Bay, had been performing exploratory drilling for gold in their county since the previous year. Why had Aston Bay looked to Virginia as a prospecting location for new,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 5, 2023 | Gold Mining, Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 16, 2022 | Gold Mining
On December 2, the State Agency Committee (SAC), tasked with the study of large-scale gold mining and the industry’s potential impacts on communities and their watersheds in Virginia released its public report “Potential Impacts of Gold Mining and Processing in the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 12, 2022 | Gold Mining
George Neall, current farmer, retired miner, has been serving us a steady stream of pertinent information on mining, which has been helpful in educating us to the history and facts of the business. George served on the State Agency Committee (SAC), tasked “to...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 11, 2022 | Gold Mining
Some members of the Buckingham County community who helped fight the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are being forced to take on industrial metals mining Residents of rural Virginia communities now recognized internationally for winning an unprecedented battle against the...
