Senator Shelley Moore, You’re a Joke!
Climate Defiance disrupted Senator Shelley Moore at a Punchbowl News Speaking event. The logo for Punchbowl is turning the capitol upside down, and Climate Defiance did just that at this event.
Appalachians Slap Back
Another lockdown is happening now on so-called Peter's Mountain in the Jefferson National Forest! Water protector Ben just locked himself to a sleeping dragon on the Virginia side of the mountain, halting Mountain Valley Pipeline work in the area.
Two locked down climate protectors in West Virginia Arrested shutting down work of the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Early September 5th, two climate protectors locked themselves to equipment on a Mountain Valley Pipeline worksite in eastern Montgomery County, VA which stopped work for over 5 hours.
Climate Protectors Walk onto Poor Mountain to Stop Work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline
The Climate and Water Protectors walked onto the worksite, and disrupted work for 3 hours. Anon3, "I'm gravely concerned that the United States is working to make natural gas, and fossil fuel infrastructure a permanent feature of the Int'l energy market. I'm worried this pipeline is the foremost signal of that commitment." He continues, "Today was tense, but anyone who studies direct action, and understands the risk involved, knows that this is one of the potential forms of escalation we face."
Thursday climate protectors in Appalachia disrupt pipeline worksite for 2 hours
Climate protectors in Appalachia took over a worksite in Montgomery County VA and stopped work for well over an hour. The Mountain Valley Pipeline is a 320 mile long fracked natural gas pipeline that began construction in 2018. The pipeline was initially forecast to be done in 2018 at a cost of 3.5 billion dollars, but strong resistance on the ground has more than doubled the cost of the still unfinished pipeline. There were no arrests.
Climate Protectors lock to equipment on a Mountain Valley Pipeline worksite in Roanoke County, VA on stolen Yesan land
Friday, Two pipeline fighters are locked to equipment on a Mountain Valley Pipeline worksite in Roanoke County, VA on stolen Yesan land. Climate Protectors locked down and shut down work at the site tree clearing on Poor Mountain for over seven hours at press time.