by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 5, 2021 | Gold Mining
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 5, 2021 Buckingham, VA – Friends of Buckingham, a community advocacy group known for its work to protect Buckingham County and the community of Union Hill from the now-canceled Atlantic Coast pipeline, applauds the passing of...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 25, 2021 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 20, 2021 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 15, 2021 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 13, 2021 | Gold Mining
Contact your Delegate and urge them to support HB2213 – Delegate Guzman’s gold mining-related legislation Delegate Elizabeth Guzman is carrying a bill, HB2213, to ensure that the impacts of commercial gold mining to air, water, and public health are studied...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 9, 2021 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 6, 2021 | Gold Mining
I am a retired mining engineer (B.S.; M.S.; P.E.) living on a small farm in Rockingham County Virginia. I got out of the mining industry in 1985 for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the environmental damage mining causes. I have worked in underground...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 4, 2021 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 3, 2021 | Gold Mining, Regulatory Permit Process
Public Hearing on Monday, January 11 at 6 pm. Please submit comments before noon, the day of meeting, or they will not be delivered. Talking points and resources follow these instructions. Please direct comments to the Public Hearing on January 11 on commercial...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 2, 2021 | Gold Mining, Regulatory Permit Process
Please join us to learn about the threat of modern gold mining in Buckingham, the gold-pyrite belt in Virginia and beyond. Find out how this affects you, your drinking water and how you can take action to stop this assault on our inalienable rights to clean water,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 30, 2020 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Mountain Valley Pipeline faces political, regulatory changes in 2021 The history of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, from the time it was first proposed to its projected completion, will soon span the terms of three U.S. presidents. So what impact will the incoming...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 19, 2020 | Events
Friends of Buckingham annual meeting was on Wednesday December 9 on Zoom. Council elections were held. Re-elected, for 2 year terms are: Secretary – Heidi Dhivya Berthoud; Council Members at Large – Marie Flowers, Ada Washington, Ella Rose, Richard Walker....
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 7, 2020 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 7, 2020 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources
Tuesday, November 10 at 6 pm. Our County officials will be discussing changing an ordinance that would allow a Canadian gold mining company to drill in an A-1 agriculturally zoned part of the county. Only the first 20 people will be admitted to the auditorium. You can...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 7, 2020 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources
Flying to Haile Gold Mine April 04 2020, near Kershaw SC, and a little trip back in time along the way with Brian Pittman. Brian and family, fly directly over the 4,000+ acre gold mine, reaching it at about 5 minutes, but it can be seen from the distance once the...
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, Uncategorized
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...
