by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 16, 2023 | Gold Mining
After a lengthy battle against a national pipeline, residents of Central Virginia face a new ecological threat – gold mining. Photography by Karen Kasmauski; Written by Dori Rathmell Published April 13, 2023 Check out this well informed, beautifully photographed...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 17, 2022 | Gold Mining, Pollution - Other Sources
Brian Carlton, the new editor at the Farmville Herald, has been doing great coverage of the gold mining issue in Buckingham. This article covers the draft report that is being prepared by the State Agency Committee on the study of the impacts of industrial gold mining...
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...