Card – EcoWatch – 3/30/20
WV Senate Committee Approves Bill Curbing Infrastructure Protests
The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee approved by a voice vote on March 4 a bill that would establish as a misdemeanor an action by “any person who willfully and knowingly trespasses or enters property containing a critical infrastructure without
How Louisiana Lawmakers Stop Residents’ Efforts to Fight Big Oil and Gas
Card – ProPublica – 2/7/20 Related: Ohio anti-protest bill could criminalize support for pipeline demonstrations
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
Virginia Tech professor seeks to change Mountain Valley Pipeline agenda
Card – Collegiate Times – 1/30/20
‘Raging granny’ faces music for pipeline protest: ‘Happy that I did it’
Card – Virginia Mercury – 1/14/20
Through Snow and Rain, Tree Sitters Continue to Fight a Gas Pipeline
Card – 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
Judge bars ‘riot boosting’ law aimed at Keystone XL protests
Card – E&E Energywire – 9/19/19
‘Getting in the way:’ Inside the standoff over the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Card – Virginia Mercury – 8/4/19 Related: – Federal Court Refuses Mountain Valley Pipeline Request to Remove Tree Sitters in Virginia