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State panel studies potential impact of gold mining in Virginia

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  • – WDBJ7 News – 5/16/22
Daniel Shaffer May 20, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

Hearing shows uphill fight for progressive mining reform

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  • – E&E News – 5/13/22
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Gold mining comes with risks and rewards. But those aren’t equally shared.

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 5/4/22
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Coal Mining Emits More Super-Polluting Methane Than Venting and Flaring From Gas and Oil Wells, a New Study Finds

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  • – Inside Climate News – 3/15/22
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House panel rejects metals mining study

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 2/7/22
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Idaho Is Sitting on One of the Most Important Elements on Earth

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  • – The Atlantic – 1/24/22
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  • Idaho has biggest U.S. deposit of metal vital for clean energy. Is mining boom coming?
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Gold mining study begins as discoveries continue in Virginia

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 12/21/21
Daniel Shaffer January 15, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

2021 was the year clean energy finally faced its mining problem

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  • – The Verge – 12/29/21
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  • As Miners Chase Clean-Energy Minerals, Tribes Fear a Repeat of the Past
Daniel Shaffer January 15, 2022 Big Picture Read more

Exploratory drilling for copper, zinc underway in Pittsylvania County as new environmental coalition forms

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  • – Danville Register & Bee – 12/13/21
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  • Press Pause on metal mining in Virginia
Daniel Shaffer December 20, 2021 Regional Issues Read more

Resident group opposed to gold mining

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  • – The Farmville Herald – 12/10/21
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of conservation organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region, which encompasses the Central Appalachian Highlands area of Virginia and West Virginia.

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