Keeping the status quo is a bad idea
Farmville Herald letter to the editor by Mindy Zlotnick: On Wednesday, 4/19/23, Heidi Dhivya Berthoud presented, as requested, to the Buckingham Planning Commission (PC) an excellent summary of the State Study on the impacts of gold mining in Virginia. [See recording...
Nature Lawyers Up
“Should trees have standing?” This question, posed in a 1972 law review paper, kicked off discussions about the rights of nature. Nina Riggio for The New York TimesWhat if nature had rights? Overall, humanity has made a lot of progress, albeit uneven, over the past...
VACRN News, #28, May, 2023
VACRN News, #27, April, 2023: PROTECT BUCKINGHAM COUNTY NOW!
VA gold miner tells Planning Commission Buckingham does not have enough gold to be profitable
Brian Carlton, Editor of the Farmville Herald Monday March 27, Paul Busch, Goochland gold mine owner-operator, had the Buckingham Planning Commission's close attention for over 40 minutes. Read the review by Farmville Herald's Editor, Brian Carlton; article about the...
Editorial & 2 LTE’s – keeping a light shining on metallic mining
Julia Gibson presents public comments Brian Carlton, editor of the Farmville Herald covers the March 20 Planning Commission work session on metallic mining, which hosted more than 90 minutes of testimony - exclusively from self-promoting industry. You too can...
VACRN Newsletter, #26, March, 2023: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Buckingham VS Corporate Metallic Mining interests
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...
LTE: Buckingham needs to take another step
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...
Letter to the Editor: What happens in Buckingham affects everyone
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...