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Press Release: There’s gold in Virginia, but it won’t make you rich
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Press Release: National Academies of Sciences to study impacts of potential industrial gold mining in Virginia
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...
Glick Names Montina Cole to Top Environmental Justice Post at FERC
Our very own Montina!!! Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick today announced the appointment of Montina Cole to serve as Senior Counsel for Environmental Justice and Equity, effective June 1, 2021. Cole, a seasoned executive and attorney...
Friends of Buckingham applauds Governor Northam for signing HB2213, the study of commercial gold mining
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2021 CONTACT: Chad Oba: (434) 806-6332, chado108@icloud.com Buckingham, VA. Residents living near the site of gold exploratory drilling are feeling some reprieve from the pressures of the prospects of large-scale surface gold...
Appalachian Voices denounces FERC’s greenlight for Mountain Valley Pipeline to resume
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...
Press Release: Gold mining pollution threatens Buckingham County
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...
Abandoned Atlantic Coast Pipeline is the beginning of our clean energy future
Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Immediate Release: Monday, July 6, 2020 Contact: Greg Buppert, 434-977-4090, gbuppert@selcva.org Claudine Ebeid McElwain, 202-492-0659, cmcelwain@selcva.org Charlottesville, VA — After winning legal battles...
The demise of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline vindicates Friends of Buckingham
Friends of Buckingham For Immediate Release: July 6, 2020 Contacts: Chad Oba, President FoB, 434-806-6332 John Laury, Treasurer FoB, 434-390-7650 Heidi Dhivya Berthoud, Secretary FoB, 434-979-9732 Marie Gillespie, FoB Council, Executive Committee, 434-969-2867 News of...
Nuns on the Bus Leader to Hold Rural Roundtable in Dillwyn
NETWORK Continues Nationwide Series of Rural Roundtables in Virginia VIRGINIA — Sister Simone Campbell, SSS, Executive Director of NETWORK Advocates for Catholic Social Justice and leader of Nuns on the Bus will meet with residents and community leaders from around...
Press Release: A Statement on Behalf of the Buckingham County Democratic Committee
In a surprisingly bold statement released to the press, Buckingham County Dems say that "Gov. Northam can cease the environmental racism and great injustice that is being besieged upon Buckingham County’s Union Hill Community." Buckingham County Democratic Committee...