The mission of the Friends of Buckingham is to protect the natural environment and cultural heritage of Buckingham County.

We now face a major threat to Buckingham and the entire state of Virginia. A Canadian exploration company found gold in Buckingham. Here’s what that could mean for this community:
- An open-pit mine hundreds of acres wide and hundreds of feet deep, pulling water from our well sources
- Massive cyanide waste lagoons
- Contaminated drinking water, streams, rivers, and lakes
- Taxpayers left paying millions for an unsalvageable toxic waste site.
We have a fundamental right to clean water, air, and land. A gold mine would violate those rights.
Read more about the fight to ban gold-mining, learn what actions you can take.

Stopping the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
After more than seven years fighting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, we WON!
Read about our successful efforts to protect the natural wonders of Virginia.


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Newsletter # 141: Virginians – pls speak up!; State Agency presentations 6/23
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HB2213 Gold Mining Study: Fifth Meeting of State Agency Component of Work Group June 23
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...



Newsletter #140: Solar!; NASEM in Buckingham; Film – INVISIBLE HAND; Poor Peoples Moral March on DC
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Permit hearing: Riverstone LLC industrial solar facility
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...
National Academy of Sciences Listening Session on the potential impacts of industrial gold mining in VA
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...
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