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VACRN Newsletter, #26, March, 2023: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

by | March 2, 2023 | Newsletters | 0 Comments

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Buckingham VS Corporate Metallic Mining interests

by | February 25, 2023 | Community News, Metallic Mining, News, Top Stories | 0 Comments

Buckingham Planning Commission Tuesday 2/21/2023 We've been busy! The Buckingham Supervisors created a committee to review the state funded study on the impacts of gold mining in Virginia, which was released on December 1, 2022.** That committee met once in January...
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LTE: Buckingham needs to take another step

by | February 24, 2023 | Community News, Letters to the Editor, Metallic Mining, News, Top Stories | 0 Comments

Mindy Zlotnick delivering public comments 9-12-2022 Mindy Zlotnick submits letter to the Farmville Herald Editor, published Friday, 2/24/2023. On February 13th, the Buckingham Supervisors voted to send to the Planning Commission a request to amend the County’s zoning...
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Letter to the Editor: What happens in Buckingham affects everyone

by | February 11, 2023 | Community News, Letters to the Editor, Metallic Mining, Top Stories | 0 Comments

Pete Kapuscinski and Heidi Dhivya Berthoud 1-29-23 We have yet to get protections in Virginia from the ravages of new modern industrial gold mining. Your voices are needed to move Buckingham County Supervisors to adopt available safeguards! There is overwhelming...
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Press Release: Sierra Club Awards Earth Flag to Local Environmental Activist

by | January 4, 2023 | Community News, Metallic Mining, News, Press Releases, Top Stories | 0 Comments

Sierra Club Energy Chair Scott Ziemer with Heidi Berthoud For immediate release For more information, contact Donna Shaunesey (434) 996-0392 or shaunesey@hotmail.com Sierra Club Awards Earth Flag to Local Environmental Activist Heidi Dhivya Berthoud has been awarded...
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Letter to the editor: We need a broader committee

by | January 4, 2023 | Community News, Letters to the Editor, Metallic Mining, News, Top Stories | 0 Comments

Kenda Hanuman submitted a letter to the Farmville Herald, published January 3, 2023. I was a member of the State Committee to assess the HB2213 Impacts of Gold Mining in Virginia.  Unfortunately Virginia Energy, who oversaw the work group, has not updated their...
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Wouldn’t You Say? – Materialism is Substance Abuse, Literally

by | December 24, 2022 | Biodiversity, News, Rights of Nature, Top Stories | 0 Comments

This article is a good followup to the recent post of a press release on the COP15 Biodiversity Deal, which stated "...one of the major outcomes of the framework is support for 30x30, a commitment to preserve 30 percent of all land and seas by the year 2030." From...
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The Right of local community self-government in the name of environmental sustainability

by | December 20, 2022 | Community Rights, Democracy, News, State Amendments, Top Stories | 0 Comments

"What do we mean by “community” when we say community rights? Native Americans like Wioweya Najin Wina have had their communities decimated by genocide, appropriation of their land, and forced relocation, but many retain their culture, their communities and traditions...
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COP15: Landmark Biodiversity Deal Recognizes Rights of Nature is Vital to its Success

by | December 20, 2022 | Climate, Indigenous, News, Press Releases, Rights of Nature, Top Stories | 0 Comments

Montreal, Canada—Negotiators from across the world have adopted a landmark global biodiversity agreement marking the first international agreement to explicitly promote “rights of nature” and “rights of Mother Earth.” The breakthrough came as nearly 200 countries...
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We do have local authority to protect vs metallic mining – will we act on it?

by | November 23, 2022 | Community Rights, Letters to the Editor, Metallic Mining, News, Top Stories, Toxic Trespass | 2 Comments

Ken Nadle debuts for public comments. Thank you for getting out of your comfort zone to speak up for what you love! With the National Academies of Sciences (NASEM) final report in, and the State Agency Committee wrapping up their report on the impacts of gold mining...
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