The mission of the Friends of Buckingham is to protect the natural environment and cultural heritage of Buckingham County.
For over a decade, we have had great successes: We helped to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Learn about our history and join us to stop the looming threats.
Valley Link
The proposed Valley Link transmission line would cut a 200-foot-wide corridor through Buckingham County, threatening farms, forests, property rights, and the health of our communities. Residents across the region are speaking out against this undemocratic and harmful land grab. Together we can make a difference!
Don’t let this plan occur!
Gold Mining
We have the right and the responsibility to protect the health, water, air and land of rural Buckingham and potentially millions of Commonwealth residents along the Virginia Gold-Pyrite Belt and downstream from the well known ravages of industrial gold mining.
Don’t let this plan occur!
Cumberland Gas Plant
For residents of Buckingham and surrounding counties who have spent years living with the environmental and industrial footprint of large-scale energy projects, the Cumberland proposal deepens concerns that rural communities are increasingly facing even greater industrialization and environmental risks as Dominion accelerates its energy buildout.
Don’t let this plan occur!
Industrial Solar
Virginia forests are being destroyed to make way for solar power plants. Thousands of acres have been lost and many more thousands are on the chopping block. Home to countless plants and animals, forests also clean our air and protect our water. The trees, vegetation, and soil of forests are vitally important for a healthy world.
Don’t let this plan occur!
Events – These Affect Buckingham County Lives
News
ABRA Update #136 – 06/30/2017
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PSR Helps Friends of Buckingham Fight Proposed Mammoth Compressor Stantion
Friends of Buckingham has been working for 2½ years to fight the only Virginia compressor station planned for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). For the past year, we have been working closely with PSR in highly productive collaborations. The compressor station has…
DAKOTA ACCESS-STYLE POLICING MOVES TO PENNSYLVANIA’S MARINER EAST 2 PIPELINE
Leaked documents and public records reveal a troubling fusion of private security, public law enforcement, and corporate money in the fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline. AFTER MONTHS OF employing military-style counterinsurgency tactics to subvert opposition to the…
Mountaineer Gas Eminent Domain Lawsuit Against Keseckers Court Hearing Set for Friday in Berkeley Springs
Mountaineer Gas will be in the Morgan County Courthouse in Berkeley Springs this Friday June 30 at 9 am in an effort to forcibly take parts of the Kesecker family farm by eminent domain for a controversial gas pipeline. Christopher Robertson Jackson Kelly The proposed…
New oil spill clean-up continues
Workers have removed an estimated 1,700 gallons of oil which spilled from a pipe in Convis Township. Workers from Omimex Energy in Ludington, which owns the well, and several subcontractors have been working 12-hours each day since a leak was discovered June 12 in a…
Northern Virginia weighs pros and cons of proposed pipeline project
Jobs, land, environmental and public health all considerations for project CENTREVILLE, Va. – The proposed WB XPress Pipeline Project would impact West Virginia and Virginia, but two miles of new pipeline would be constructed in Western Fairfax County park land, and a…
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