by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 28, 2022 | Solar
What are the pros and cons to Utility Scale Solar versus Community Solar? Many communities are facing these challenges as we move to decarbonize our energy sources. There have been a couple of community scale solar permits passed in Buckingham recently. The large,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 24, 2022 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 13, 2022 | Gold Mining
A Republican-dominated House subcommittee on Monday swiftly shot down a bipartisan proposal to study whether Virginia metal mining regulations are sufficient to protect state air and water quality. The bipartisan House Bill 250, from Del. Shelly Simonds, D-Newport...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 15, 2022 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 1, 2022 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources
A tiny Alaska town is split over a goldmine. At stake is a way of life In Haines, where the salmon once leaped under snow-capped mountains, a massive mining project promises well-paid jobs – and threatens a fragile ecosystem by Dominic Rushe in Haines, Alaska, for The...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 21, 2021 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 14, 2021 | Gold Mining
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR December 13, 2021 Coalition to protect Virginia from metals mining to announce formation and initiation of scientific study New legislative efforts to support pause on permitting CONTACT Stephanie Rinaldi, Coalition Coordinator, Press Pause...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 14, 2021 | News
How did we manage to accomplish so much? Thanks to 7 years of organizing and collaborating with friends and allies that we have forged in this epic work of fighting the ecological crisis. We are grass roots, all volunteer and fiercely dedicated to championing our...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 7, 2021 | Gold Mining, Newsletter, Press Releases
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 5, 2021 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 4, 2021 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, State Air Pollution Control Board, Decision Minor New Source Review Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, Lambert Compressor Station (MVP) Registration No. 21652: Excerpt: The Board…3) determined that the site is...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 28, 2021 | Events, Pipelines
The Violation Vigil is a collaborative art project that gives poignant, visual and aural representation to the hundreds of water violations at the hands of Mountain Valley Pipeline. It is an invitation to stand in solidarity with the communities facing the MVP, and is...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 27, 2021 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Four Stellar Women speak out against the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Give a listen. OpEd from Karenna Gore regarding denial of MVP’s VA 401 permit, and the anniversary of the Clean Water Act: The common wealth of water In the final months of 2021, a decision...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 27, 2021 | Gold Mining
The Virginia Department of Energy (formerly known as the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy) announces the gold mining study work groups. December 10 is the deadline to submit your name for consideration to be on the Department of Energy’s...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 8, 2021 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 21, 2021 | Climate Change, Gold Mining
Clean Energy, Not Dirty Mining Earthworks supports the transition to a 100% renewable energy economy—one that no longer depends on fossil fuels—an essential shift, if we are to avert catastrophic climate change. Solar, wind power and battery technologies are...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 21, 2021 | Environmental Justice, Gold Mining, Pipelines
When residents in Union Hill, Virginia, decried the pipeline as a form of environmental racism, the energy company insisted it wasn’t As fracked gas fields in West Virginia boomed over the past decade, energy companies jumped at the chance to build massive new...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 21, 2021 | Gold Mining
September 9, 2021 The Biden administration’s move to invoke its Clean Water Act authority marks a major blow for the project, which is near the world’s largest sockeye salmon run. The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it would restore protections...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 23, 2021 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
Catch up on updates about the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline and its Southgate extension with upcoming events, regulatory developments and the latest news that affects the construction of these projects and the communities fighting back against them. MVP Southgate...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 11, 2021 | Gold Mining
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will conduct an independent study of the health, safety and environmental impacts of gold mining in Virginia as part of a state review that lawmakers agreed to undertake in 2021. Among the issues the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 6, 2021 | Gold Mining, Press Releases
Buckingham, VA – Groups from around the state expressed optimism today that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) has agreed to study the potential impacts of industrial gold mining on water resources, public health, and the environment...
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 14, 2021 | Environmental Justice, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
It has long been recognized that minority and disadvantaged communities are subject to higher levels of pollution than more affluent non-minority areas. This fact is the basis of the need for Environmental Justice to ensure that the past disparate impacts to these...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 1, 2021 | Gold Mining, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2021 CONTACT: Chad Oba: (434) 806-6332, chado108@icloud.com Buckingham, VA. Residents living near the site of gold exploratory drilling are feeling some reprieve from the pressures of the prospects of large-scale surface gold...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 1, 2021 | Events, Gold Mining
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2021 CONTACT: Chad Oba: (434) 806-6332, chado108@icloud.com Buckingham, VA. Residents living near the site of gold exploratory drilling are feeling some reprieve from the pressures of the prospects of large-scale surface gold mining in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 27, 2021 | Newsletter
