by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 27, 2021 | Gold Mining
The Virginia Department of Energy (formerly known as the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy) announces the gold mining study work groups. December 10 is the deadline to submit your name for consideration to be on the Department of Energy’s...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 21, 2021 | Climate Change, Gold Mining
Clean Energy, Not Dirty Mining Earthworks supports the transition to a 100% renewable energy economy—one that no longer depends on fossil fuels—an essential shift, if we are to avert catastrophic climate change. Solar, wind power and battery technologies are...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 21, 2021 | Environmental Justice, Gold Mining, Pipelines
When residents in Union Hill, Virginia, decried the pipeline as a form of environmental racism, the energy company insisted it wasn’t As fracked gas fields in West Virginia boomed over the past decade, energy companies jumped at the chance to build massive new...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 21, 2021 | Gold Mining
September 9, 2021 The Biden administration’s move to invoke its Clean Water Act authority marks a major blow for the project, which is near the world’s largest sockeye salmon run. The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it would restore protections...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 11, 2021 | Gold Mining
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will conduct an independent study of the health, safety and environmental impacts of gold mining in Virginia as part of a state review that lawmakers agreed to undertake in 2021. Among the issues the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 6, 2021 | Gold Mining, Press Releases
Buckingham, VA – Groups from around the state expressed optimism today that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) has agreed to study the potential impacts of industrial gold mining on water resources, public health, and the environment...
