The mission of the Friends of Buckingham is to protect the natural environment and cultural heritage of Buckingham County.
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:
Over the last seven years, our efforts have been instrumental in slowing down this landfill coming to fruition. We intend to vigorously continue this fight. On July 28, 2025, four short- sighted Cumberland Board of Supervisors took a big step backward by voting to approve the Green Ridge Conditional Use Permit 24-01 and the Second Amended and Restated Host Agreement. This was done after the lawyers representing our County all agreed, the Board could walk away from the entire Green Ridge project started in 2018, just by voting NO.
We plan on appealing against this decision but there is a short time frame for doing so. The deadline is August 27, 2025, less than 15 days away. According to our legal team, there is legal merit in our appeal for many reasons to include the possibility that Cumberland’s representatives did not follow the proper and required processes before the vote.
This legal appeal requires legal research and associated attorney fees. CCLA supporters have contributed thousands of dollars and thousands of hours in this ongoing battle, and be assured your support has been greatly appreciated and effective in this endeavor.
Please help us to fund our legal costs and continue the fight. Our fund-raising group is currently holding a “blitz” to ask supporters for help. Visit our website (CCLAVA.com) to find a convenient way to contribute or call 804-308-5748 and leave a message.
Sincerely,
CCLA Leadership Team
Solar News
Watch the webinar from Friends of Buckingham, recorded April 25, 2025, to learn from a panel of experts about the Dark Side of Industrial-Scale Solar. Please share this widely.
Earth Month –
The Dark Side of Industrial-Scale Solar
Industrial-Scale Solar in Spotsylvania County, VA
(Photo by Hugh Kenny. The Piedmont Environmental Council)
Solar energy must not come at the expense of nature or communities. But that is what is happening in Buckingham and across Virginia as industrial solar projects replace our forests and working lands.
- Deforestation and bulldozing that forever changes the land.
- Wildlife destroyed and habitats lost.
- Waterways harmed.
- Erosion and sediment to wetlands and waterways.
- Largest land-use change ever.
- Enormous industrial projects inserted into rural communities.
- Forestry and forestry dependent jobs lost.
We must change course. We must save our forests and working lands by putting large-scale solar projects in the built-world. Places like parking lots, rooftops, brownfields, and already developed lands. Read more about the solar issues of our times.
Scott Flood, president of Friends of Buckingham, speaking at our 10th anniversary celebration.
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Celebrating 10 Years of Successes
The Friends of Buckingham
10-year anniversary celebration and annual meeting
November 16, 2024
Use this link to watch the slide show of our many accomplishments from the past year.
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Stopping the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
After more than seven years fighting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, we WON!
Read about our successful efforts to protect the natural wonders of Virginia.
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Chris Landry’s documentary, Not On This Land, focuses on bout the remarkable people who stopped the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from being built.
Ben Price presents to the Buckingham Board of Supervisors 11/15/22: Adopt both a rights-based ordinance to protect our freedom from toxic trespass and a land-use ordinance. Start at 16:50. Stay on for our awesome public comments.