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Extensive Colorado gold campaign; Gold mining 101; Planning meeting summary

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 7, 2020 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources, Regulatory Permit Process, Video & Audio

This post has excellent coverage by 2 videos and Planning Commission report. A short video on the Colorado campaign to ban gold mining. And Mining 101 by Earthworks. Alexa Massey, for the Farmville Herald continues to do excellent reporting, making sense out of...

Virginia Mercury: Buckingham’s next environmental fight? Maybe gold mining.

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...

Gold mining pollution threatens Buckingham County

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...

ACP WIN zoom celebration 7-30-2020 NOW its a Done Deal

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...

Abandoned Atlantic Coast Pipeline is the beginning of our clean energy future

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...

The demise of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline vindicates Friends of Buckingham

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...
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