As previously reported, the Canadian exploration company, Aston Bay, has been performing exploratory drilling for gold across central Virginia, and advertizing their finds internationally. As one of the most environmentally destructive activities undertaken by humans, modern industrial-scale gold mining saddles host communities,
Biden Takes ‘Critical First Step’ to Fix Landmark Environmental Law Gutted by Trump
- – Common Dreams – 4/19/22
Gold mining study begins as discoveries continue in Virginia
- – Virginia Mercury – 12/21/21
National Academies to study potential impacts of gold mining in Virginia
White House clears EPA rule limiting science
- – E&E Greenwire – 1/4/21
E.P.A. to Limit Science Used to Write Public Health Rules
- – The New York Times – 11/11/19
A new tone from some Republicans on climate change — mostly behind closed doors
- – Politico – 8/22/19
Extreme climate change science, from the ground up
- – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – 12/20/18
New DPMC Report Unveils Virginia DEQ Shortcomings
The report released this week by the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition describes the responses from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to a series of records requests the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition filed in the last two months to discover what evidence DEQ has to support its claims that a Corps of Engineers permit will protect Virginia waters where the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline propose to dig and blast through streams and wetlands.
NASA head: ‘No reason to doubt’ climate change science
- – The Hill – 5/24/18