Appalachians Against Pipelines

"How West Virginia Used Federal Funds to Build a Hidden Facility for Police, Soldiers, and Special Forces in the Heart of Coal Country." mergoatmag.substack.com/p/the-making-o…

“West Virginia’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Act is yet another example of the state prioritizing the interests of fossil fuel lobbyists over the people of Appalachia." theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…

Went to help in the Lake Lure/Chimney Rock area today, and it’s hard to describe - never seen anything like this. Post apocalyptic. It’s so overwhelming you don’t even know how to fathom what recovery looks like, let alone where to start. Going to be a long path to recovery that all levels of stakeholders are going to be needed.

From North Carolina to Nepal. The climate crisis will not spare us, and the time for international action against the fossil fuel industry is right now.

"Lobbyists working for oil and gas companies were key architects of anti-protest laws that increase penalties and could lead to non-violent environmental and climate activists being imprisoned up to 10 years." 🫠🤬 theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…

BREAKING. Enbridge has begun destroying the Lincoln Forest. Multiple tree clearing machines are on site. This is extremely dangerous as there is still someone in the tree sit. PLEASE COME TO THE LINCOLN FOREST RIGHT NOW!

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HAPPENING NOW. People are shutting down all entrances to a Chase Bank in Cambridge to demand that they divest from Elbit and other weapons companies arming Israel.

An interview with a tree sitter going by Cricket & their supporter D from Siskiyou Rising Tide about the tree sit to stop the "Rogue Gold Forest Management Plan" cut in southern Oregon and the recent succest to stop the cutting of old growth at Poor Windy. thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2024/06/1…

From the these hills and across the Sea, Appalachians and all those resisting colonization and genocide will continue to struggle alongside the Palestinian resistance—until we are all free.

moral outrage, the school responded by arresting more than 70 activists on its campus for protesting their school’s active participation in the murder of the Palestinian people.

This morning, banners appeared in two different locations around so-called “Blacksburg, Virginia” on and around the campus of Virginia Tech. One banner, draped from a parking garage on the town’s Main Street read “FREE GAZA,” while a second on the campus of the University (cont.)

Donate to the Appalachian Legal Defense Fund: bit.ly/applegaldefense #NoPipelines #FreePalestine #NoPrisonsNoPipelines

August's helmet says "Boundless Possibilities for a more just world await us" and "Weave New Worlds" with drawings of leaves, spiders, and other critters. Their banner reads "Until All Are Free".

August has been extracted from their tripod after 4.5 hours of blocking Mountain Valley Pipeline’s access road Yellow Finch Lane. They were arrested, charged with 4 misdemeanors, and received a bail of $1,500.