by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 1, 2022 | Gold Mining, Regulatory Permit Process
Wow! Buckingham Board of Supervisors can do the right thing and protect the county from industrial gold mining! #Ourpointexactly So sayeth Joe Lerch, the director of local government policy for the Virginia Association of Counties at the meeting of the State Agency...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 12, 2022 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 12, 2022 | Gold Mining
We continue to insist the Buckingham supervisors adopt the rights-based freedom from toxic trespass ordinance now! Don’t rely on the state to ban new gold mining! Check out all the links below. Inform yourself and speak up to protect our water, air, land, our...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 7, 2022 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 6, 2022 | Gold Mining
How do you effectively monitor a Virginia gold mining operation without necessary resources or staff? A question awaiting an answer in Buckingham and other localities. This problem is… part of the regulation and enforcement falls to local governments…...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 27, 2022 | Newsletter
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by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 13, 2022 | Gold Mining
Save the date! Be informed! The Virginia Department of Energy announced the next, and Fifth Meeting of State Agency Component of Work Group of the HB2213 Gold Mining Study. It will be: June 23, 2022, 9 am to Noon on line and at theBuckingham County Community...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 5, 2022 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 5, 2022 | Solar
This article is in 4 parts. Part #1: updates and summary of the industrial scale Riverstone Solar project in Buckingham, southeast of Scottsville. Part #2 is the information about the upcoming public meeting on Tuesday June 7, 6 pm at the Buckingham VFW. Part #3 is a...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 4, 2022 | Gold Mining
Last week, May 25, members of the NAS committee came to the Buckingham Community Center to hear our concerns about industrial gold mining. That information goes into their report to the General Assembly, due December 1 this year. Above, Claire Horan speaks for...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 24, 2022 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 23, 2022 | Events, Gold Mining
All Virginians! Please let the NAS hear your concerns about industrial gold mining! Please attend the listening session on Wednesday May 25, 7-9 pm. Click here for more information. You can attend in person in Dillwyn, Buckingham County at the Community Center,...
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 14, 2022 | Newsletter
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 9, 2022 | Solar
Five takeaways from the landmark Virginia Solar Survey Report on solar’s spread is first of its kind in Virginia After a slow start, solar has been booming in Virginia. From having zero large-scale solar farms in 2015, the commonwealth now has 51 in operation, with...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 17, 2022 | Climate Change, Gold Mining
In 2021, global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled. This year, automakers are projected to make another huge gain, driven by soaring gas prices and new models with increased range. Getting away from gas-powered vehicles is essential to transition to a clean...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 17, 2022 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Politics of energy
“The Fight Against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline: A Chronicle” describes in detail significant developments associated with the six year opposition effort against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, from when the project was first proposed by Dominion Energy in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 17, 2022 | For Landowners, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
In case you missed — it or would like to view the program again, here’s the link to the recording of the Pipeline Fighters Hub’s April 12 webinar, “Landowners United to Stop Pipelines”: *View the webinar recording*. ...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 17, 2022 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
On April 7, Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 303-mile partly constructed pipeline that would carry highly pressurized fracked natural gas from West Virginia to Virginia, was in federal court again, this time in the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. After losing a...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 7, 2022 | Environmental Justice, Racial Social Justice
Support our efforts towards achieving environmental justice in Virginia. VEJC’s purpose is to identify environmental justice communities across the state, to develop EJ leadership, to provide room at the table for these organizations in statewide policy...
