- – ProPublica – 2/7/20
WV Considers Legislation to Increase Penalties for Pipeline Protesters
Legislation was introduced January 30 in the West Virginia House of Delegates that would heighten the penalties for protesting near oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructures. Under the provisions of H.R 4615 knowingly trespassing on property containing a critical infrastructure facility is punishable by a year in jail and a $500 fine.
Virginia Tech professor seeks to change Mountain Valley Pipeline agenda
- – Collegiate Times – 1/30/20
‘Raging granny’ faces music for pipeline protest: ‘Happy that I did it’
- – Virginia Mercury – 1/14/20
Through Snow and Rain, Tree Sitters Continue to Fight a Gas Pipeline
- – The American Prospect – 12/23/19
Event: Train to be a Legal Observer: Document Law Enforcement & protester Interactions
Attorney Kai Memmer, a volunteer for the Southwest Virginia Chapter of the National Lawyers’ Guild, will train attendees to become Legal Observers. LO’s are needed immediately in the Elliston, VA area, other areas along the MVP route, and where law enforcement and protestors are in proximity,
Judge bars ‘riot boosting’ law aimed at Keystone XL protests
- – E&E Energywire – 9/19/19
‘Getting in the way:’ Inside the standoff over the Mountain Valley Pipeline
- – Virginia Mercury – 8/4/19
Richmond-area group marks 75 weeks of pipeline protests
- – Richmond2Day – 7/25/19
Mountain Valley Pipeline Flips Another Excavator, Sends Huge Tree Stump Rolling Off Right-of-Way that Almost Hits Bystanders
- – Blue Virginia – 7/20/19