by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 7, 2020 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources
I drove to Kershaw, South Carolina, on October 28, 2020, where the Haile Gold Mine is located, and spent three days there to find out how the gold mining industry had impacted the town. The mine, owned by the Australian company OceanaGold, had been in full operation...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 28, 2020 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources
Metal mining provides us with materials essential for modern life. But mining also devastates communities, clean water and the environment. Negative impacts of today’s metal mines Massive landslide at the Bingham Canyon mine in Utah. Photo: Deseret News. Destroyed...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 23, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 23, 2020 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources
The Farmville Herald, October 21, 2020 “Buckingham – There’s gold in them thar hills” Good coverage! Read here. Check out Sean Tubb’s podcast Charlottesville Community Engagement – October 13, 2020: Gold mining in Buckingham;...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 20, 2020 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources, Regulatory Permit Process
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is dead. So what’s next for Buckingham County? Gold, apparently. This month, plans by a Canadian gold mining company to extract the valuable commodity from thousands of acres of land in Buckingham surfaced, setting off a wave of alarm in a...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 15, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 14, 2020 | Pipelines, Press Releases
Press Release: In a snub to thousands of Appalachian landowners and others seeking to stop the unneeded, dangerous Mountain Valley Pipeline, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission late today voted 2-1 to extend its certificate for the project by two years, and...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 12, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 12, 2020 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources
Buckingham Gold Project, Aston Bay Fact Sheet Compiled by Friends of Buckingham Water Pollution Groundwater contamination is of particular concern where the groundwater feeds surface streams or lakes, or where the groundwater is directly a source of potable water for...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 7, 2020 | Gold Mining, Press Releases
The Friends of Buckingham is calling on the county Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission to delay voting on a zoning change that would allow a Canadian mining company to conduct exploratory drilling for gold deposits near the James River. The group is...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 7, 2020 | Gold Mining, Regulatory Permit Process
Friends of Buckingham is alerting you to an urgent joint meeting with the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 13 at 6 pm. Our county officials will be discussing changing an ordinance that...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 6, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 5, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 17, 2020 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Nelson County as seen from an overlook on the Rockfish Gap Turnpike in Afton, Virginia on Thursday, August 14, 2020.Kendall Warner/The News & Advance [Ya, well maybe… ACP won’t be making reparations for all the years of head and heartache. Will...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 15, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 15, 2020 | For Landowners, Pipelines, Uncategorized
While landowners should take a moment to celebrate the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, (ACP), we also need to remember that now is the time to get damage repaired and the company owns easements across our land. Dominion has said that it will not ask that...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 3, 2020 | Compressor Stations, Events
A fun, fine, joyful and tearful time was had by all. Friends of Buckingham wishes heartfelt, deep gratitude to our extended family of allies for all the amazing 6 years of collaborations, highs, lows, good times n bad. We weathered it all, and proved ourselves worthy...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 30, 2020 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Thanks to Irene for sending out 177!! letters to landowners in Buckingham County to assist in moving forward with working out equitable easement agreements with ACP. Thank you Irene! The following information is also available in pdf format: Memo to Landowners 72120...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 30, 2020 | For Landowners, Pipelines
The bitterly fought Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been canceled, but the two major utilities behind it, Virginia-based Dominion Energy and North Carolina-based Duke Energy, still have not decided what to do about the land they gained control over for the project, in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 30, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 25, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 7, 2020 | Compressor Stations, Pipelines, Press Releases
Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Immediate Release: Monday, July 6, 2020 Contact: Greg Buppert, 434-977-4090, gbuppert@selcva.org Claudine Ebeid McElwain, 202-492-0659, cmcelwain@selcva.org Charlottesville, VA — After winning legal battles...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 7, 2020 | Compressor Stations, Pipelines, Press Releases
Friends of Buckingham For Immediate Release: July 6, 2020 Contacts: Chad Oba, President FoB, 434-806-6332 John Laury, Treasurer FoB, 434-390-7650 Heidi Dhivya Berthoud, Secretary FoB, 434-979-9732 Marie Gillespie, FoB Council, Executive Committee, 434-969-2867 News of...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 5, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 1, 2020 | Regulatory Permit Process
Despite the ACP’s uncertain future, its developers – Dominion and Duke Energy – have seized private property through eminent domain, felled swaths of forest, and spent $3.6 billion dollars! on this unnecessary boondoggle. The project is missing eight...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 29, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 28, 2020 | Events, FERC communications
Dominion has asked FERC for a 2 year extension on its expiring certificate to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Without the extension, No ACP construction could happen after October 13, 2020. Submit your comments to FERC by 5 pm on Thursday, July 2, 2020, asking FERC...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 28, 2020 | Natural Gas, Regulatory Permit Process
The times they are a changing… Thanks to years of cumulative persistence, resistance, insistence, networking, dedicated hard work, and the urgent climate crisis, our allies have accomplished what was not possible years ago. That said, the resistance to...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 28, 2020 | Environmental Justice, Events
Join ARTivism Virginia’s SUN SiNG Collective for their sixth and final concert in this series, which was on June 18. The week’s focus was on environmental justice, the fight to protect Union Hill and the Poor People’s Campaign and featured guest speaker Reverend Dr....
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 28, 2020 | Environmental Justice, Events
Due to Covid-19 the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington was a Digital Justice Gathering to call for a revolution of values to save the soul and heart of our democracy. The political and economic systems in the U.S. are plagued by the interlocking...
