by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 16, 2023 | Gold Mining
After a lengthy battle against a national pipeline, residents of Central Virginia face a new ecological threat – gold mining. Photography by Karen Kasmauski; Written by Dori Rathmell Published April 13, 2023 Check out this well informed, beautifully photographed...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 7, 2023 | Gold Mining
The effort at the state level to ban cyanide use in mining was at first very well received. But partisan actions killed it in committee, halting any further possibilities in the 2023 General Assembly to protect us from potential metallic mining. We recently discovered...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 3, 2023 | Gold Mining
Timeline continued from the Gold Mining Page: Updates/Timeline in Briefhttps://www.friendsofbuckinghamva.org/ban-gold-mining/#Updates May 2023 Opportunities for comment: Supervisor meeting M May 8, 6 pm & Planning Commission M May 22, 5 pm. Sign up to comment...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 10, 2023 | Gold Mining
A bill that would have banned the use of cyanide in mining and processing operations in Virginia was killed at the last minute Monday. House Bill 1722 from Del. Shelly Simonds, D-Newport News, was sent back to committee the day before crossover, the deadline by which...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 17, 2023 | Gold Mining
Protect our Water! Thanks to Press Pause Coalition, for writing House Bill 1722 and finding Delegate Simonds to patron it. Now it’s up to us to get the comments to the General Assembly. Use this link to find the bill. Click on view comments. See what others have...
