by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 11, 2021 | Gold Mining
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will conduct an independent study of the health, safety and environmental impacts of gold mining in Virginia as part of a state review that lawmakers agreed to undertake in 2021. Among the issues the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 6, 2021 | Gold Mining, Press Releases
Buckingham, VA – Groups from around the state expressed optimism today that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) has agreed to study the potential impacts of industrial gold mining on water resources, public health, and the environment...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 1, 2021 | Events, Gold Mining
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2021 CONTACT: Chad Oba: (434) 806-6332, chado108@icloud.com Buckingham, VA. Residents living near the site of gold exploratory drilling are feeling some reprieve from the pressures of the prospects of large-scale surface gold mining in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 22, 2021 | Gold Mining
Lawmakers agree to gold mining study but strip out temporary ban Legislation requiring Virginia to study gold mining and its effects on health and the environment is headed to the governor, but without an earlier provision that would have banned any large-scale gold...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 13, 2021 | Gold Mining
Contact your Delegate and urge them to support HB2213 – Delegate Guzman’s gold mining-related legislation Delegate Elizabeth Guzman is carrying a bill, HB2213, to ensure that the impacts of commercial gold mining to air, water, and public health are studied...
