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Appeal Cumberland County’s Green Ridge Landfill Due Aug 27c
The Friends of Buckingham support CCLA as it remains strongly opposed to the Green Ridge landfill being built in Cumberland County. We are opposed due to environmental, well and groundwater contamination, property value, and traffic issues. Here is their statement:...
Urgent Request to Deny Green Ridge Landfill
Dear Cumberland County Supervisors, Friends of Buckingham strongly urges you to deny the request to construct the Green Ridge Landfill in Cumberland County. While the proposed site is within your borders, the impacts will stretch far beyond affecting the environment,...
Celebrating Five Years Since Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancellation
On July 5, 2020, community opposition led Dominion Energy and Duke Energy to announce that they were canceling plans to build the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline. West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina residents united across state lines to put an end to this...
Buckingham County Comprehensive Plan
The Buckingham County Comprehensive Plan is Buckingham County’s land use and development projection for the next five years has already been approved it by County Administration. It charts out the next five years of land use and economic development. Since Friends of...
Join Us in Supporting the Virginia Bottle Bill
Jaimi McPeek - Hi everyone! Many of you know me as your local environmental scientist, but I’m also working on something much bigger—I am the Legislative Director for the VA Bottle Bill, a proposed recycling refund program. Here’s how it works: When you buy a...
Oppose SB1190 To Keep Land Use Decisions Local
Great work from our group OPPOSING HB2126! Great response from citizens across Virginia too! (See comments here: https://hodspeak.house.virginia.gov/committees/H14/bills/HB2126/comments ) The same legislation is being pushed in the Virginia Senate as...
NAACP Urges Lawmakers: Consider Impact Widespread Solar Adoption
Friends of Buckingham applauds this local news coverage. https://cardinalnews.org/2025/01/08/environmental-justice-solar-development-among-top-legislative-concerns-for-henry-county-martinsville-naacp-leadership/
Special Virginia Senate Election, Tuesday Jan. 7
There will be a special election on Tuesday, Jan. 7 to replace state Senator McGuire, who was elected to Congress. The Democratic candidate is Jack Trammell and the Republican is Luther Cifers. Early voting will be December 27, 28, and 30, and January 3 and 4. Find...
HB206 Small Renewable Energy Projects Impact on Natural Resources
A 60-day public comment period will begin on Monday, October 7, 2024, upon publication of the proposed regulatory action for HB 206 in Volume 41, Issue 3 of the Virginia Register. Additional dates associated with this action: The comment period will run from Oct. 7...
Growing Solar, Protecting Nature
The where and how of the solar projects placement is critical. When forests and agricultural lands are lost, the valuable services they provide like clean air, clean water, flood protection, and carbon capture also go missing. Harvard Forest and Mass Audubon present a...