Grass roots organizers fight plans to mine for gold in Buckingham County
Before prospectors found gold in California, many of them were digging here in Virginia. “This was front and center for gold mining back in the 1800’s and in Buckingham alone there are over 70 abandoned mines all full of mercury,” says community organizer Heidi Dhivya...
Op Ed, LTE: Why wait to protect Buckingham County?
The Farmville Herald is steady with the coverage on gold mining! Mindy Zlotnick and Chad Oba speak out. Check out a pdf of 2 letters in the August 24, 2022 publication here. Read another article by Finn Pollard in the Richmond Times Dispatch - scroll for it. Why wait...
New Zealand river’s personhood status offers hope to Māori
The Whanganui River winds through the town of Whanganui, New Zealand, on June 15, 2022. In 2017, New Zealand passed a groundbreaking law granting personhood status to the river. The law declares that the river is a living whole, from the mountains to the sea,...
How a Small Town in Maine Stopped a Silver Mine
The Pennamaquan River flows past Pembroke, Maine, not far from where Canadian company Wolfden Resources proposed to mine for silver. The town banned industrial mining this spring. PHOTO BY RYAN MALAGARA A Canadian company planned to mine silver nearby, so town...
VACRN News, #23, August, 2022
Local paper covers our actions on industrial gold mining
The Farmville Herald has received a steady stream of letters from many of you. Its been awhile since the paper has initiated coverage on the prospects of new industrial gold mining, in Buckingham and the State of Virginia. While we applaud them for that, there are...
Your letters to the Farmville Herald: 3! in one issue!
Buckingham residents continue to shine a light on the industrial gold mining problems - and answers. Thanks for speaking out! This is what it takes to protect our home. The Farmville Herald has published three! articles in one issue! Below you will find 2 letters to...
Buckingham rights-based toxic trespass gold mining ordinance moves along
Thank you to all of you that came out to speak up on Monday night, August 8, 2022, in support of the rights-based freedom from toxic trespass Community Bill of Rights. This article is an update, a progress report. One of our opportunities to speak to our...
Let’s move this ordinance along!
VACRN & FoB submit comments to NAS & State Agencies gold mining study
Now! is the time to let the State Agencies and the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) know how you feel. They are tasked with studying the "Potential Impacts of Industrial Gold Mining in Virginia" by decree of the Virginia General Assembly, HB2213. Your comments do...
