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GILES COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Around twelve people charged in connection to protests of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline appeared in court Tuesday.
Dozens of people from Monroe County, West Virginia to Roanoke County packed a Giles County district courtroom in support of their friends and neighbors facing charges related to the $8 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline.
The charges range from misdemeanors to non-violent felonies, all related to protestors' efforts to halt pipeline construction or prevent drilling.
People in attendance like Maury Johnson say those charged gave a voice to people whose property was impacted by the pipeline.
The Guardian reports:
US anti-pipeline activists say charges against them ‘meant to intimidate’
Protesters who tried to disrupt completion of Mountain Valley pipeline to defend themselves in Virginia court
Climate activists who tried to disrupt the completion of a fossil-fuel pipeline through Appalachian forests will appear in court in Virginia on Tuesday to face serious criminal charges that they vehemently deny.
The Mountain Valley pipeline (MVP) was pushed through by the Biden administration in mid-2023 – overriding court orders, regulatory blocks and widespread opposition to the 300-mile (480km) fossil fuel project. Biden’s decision triggered a wave of non-violent protests and civil disobedience against the pipeline in Virginia and West Virginia as work crews rushed to finish construction of the pipeline through sensitive waterways and protected forests.
US anti-pipeline activists say charges against them ‘meant to intimidate’
Protesters who tried to disrupt completion of Mountain Valley pipeline to defend themselves in Virginia court
Climate activists who tried to disrupt the completion of a fossil-fuel pipeline through Appalachian forests will appear in court in Virginia on Tuesday to face serious criminal charges that they vehemently deny.
The Mountain Valley pipeline (MVP) was pushed through by the Biden administration in mid-2023 – overriding court orders, regulatory blocks and widespread opposition to the 300-mile (480km) fossil fuel project. Biden’s decision triggered a wave of non-violent protests and civil disobedience against the pipeline in Virginia and West Virginia as work crews rushed to finish construction of the pipeline through sensitive waterways and protected forests.
Official Music Video for “Garden of Eden.”
The single “Garden of Eden” is performed by Michelle Lynn (Dineh/Appalachian), filmed by Teena Pugilese featuring Marcus-Briggs Cloud (Maskoke), Marca Cassity (Osage), and Micheal Paul-Hill (Apache). “Garden of Eden” is a spiritual song collectively performed and recorded in various places on Turtle Island (within the continental U.S.) by Indigenous artists and Appalachian artists to honor beloved Mountain Defenders and Water Protectors opposing the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) through the Jefferson National Forests in Appalachia.
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About Dr. Michelle Cook
Dr. Michelle L. Cook is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and born of the Honághááhnii (One Who Walks Around You) clan and is the Executive Director of Divest Invest Protect.
In 2015, Michelle received her Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from the University of New Mexico School of Law with a certificate in Federal Indian law. In 2022 she received her Doctorate of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) at the University of Arizona's Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program. Her dissertation concerns the intersections of Indigenous human rights, divestment, and gender in the United States. Michelle has received major grants and fellowship opportunities including a Fulbright Fellowship to study Indigenous justice and customary legal systems in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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