by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 9, 2022 | Gold Mining
With exploration for gold continuing in Buckingham County, a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine found Virginia’s current system of regulating gold mining “is not adequate to address the potential impacts” of commercial extraction....
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 3, 2022 | Gold Mining
There are 447 documented abandoned gold mines in Virginia, and an estimated 500 undocumented, and they are all loaded with mercury, some with cyanide, arsenic, and other toxic materials. Many have numerous gaping and dangerous open shafts. There are some...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 2, 2022 | Gold Mining
Virginia was one of the first major gold-producing states in the U.S., but it has seen only limited and intermittent gold mining activity in the last 70 years. Recent increase in gold prices and other factors have brought renewed attention to mining gold at both new...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 31, 2022 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 20, 2022 | Gold Mining
Friends of Buckingham (FOB), in partnership with the Virginia Community Rights Network (VACRN) have lead a steady drive to keep a spotlight on the gold mining issue, by encouraging Buckingham residents to submit letters to the editor (LTE). Many of the LTEs have been...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 17, 2022 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources
Brian Carlton, the new editor at the Farmville Herald, has been doing great coverage of the gold mining issue in Buckingham. This article covers the draft report that is being prepared by the State Agency Committee on the study of the impacts of industrial gold mining...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 17, 2022 | Newsletter
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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...
