Industrial gold mining has been shown to devastate local communities, including through the depletion of water tables and poisoning of water systems.
Metallic Mining and Freedom from Toxic Trespass
The Virginia Community Rights Network has finalized text for an Ordinance Requiring an Assessment of the Compatibility of Metallic Mining with the Right to Freedom…
Community Rights Network Established in Virginia
Virginia joins the growing network of state Community Rights Networks.
Virginia Network Launched to Challenge Corporatism and Dillon’s Rule, Advance Rights of Nature
The Network has been initiated by residents who worked to protect Buckingham County, Virginia from a proposed large-scale fracked gas compressor station for the now-defeated…
Blog: Dillon’s Rule Under Scrutiny in Virginia
Progressives may find Democratic wins favorable. But as long as Dillon's Rule (legalized state preemption) stops local community self-government from heightening environmental and economic protections,…
Scalawag: Progressive wins in Virginia are limited as long as “Dillon’s Rule” is on the books
Regardless of political gains by Democrats in Virginia, residents still do not have authority to govern themselves in their own communities. Here's why - and…
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