Virginia: Some Updates From the Yellow Finch Treesits

from Appalachians Against Pipelines

7/25: Two more people were arrested today at the Yellow Finch sits, again for downright nonsense reasons including the Virginia state police’s (aka Mountain Valley Pipeline security) new favorite “obstructing the free passage of others” charge.

This makes 4 pipeline fighters currently in jail.

In the face of this escalation of arrests clearly aimed to intimidate us, we are STILL HERE. Today is day 324 of the Yellow Finch sits, which still stand tall in the path of this atrocious pipeline.

We need your help, come join us! Bail, as y’all know, is expensive. As the cops arrest one pipeline fighter after another, we aim to keep enough cash on hand to get folks out when needed (a privilege that we recognize so many people being held on bail do not have). Help us out if you can at bit.ly/supportmvpresistance — this money is used for bail (we do not have a separate legal fund, this is the donation link we are asking folks to use), as well as things like food & supplies for the Yellow Finch tree sits and ongoing resistance. If you can, come out here and help us defend this hillside and/or fight this pipeline in other ways. Message us or email appalachiansagainstpipelines@protonmail.com for more info. Can’t do either of those things? Spread the word. Host a fundraiser. Get involved in a campaign in your own community. Fight the power! We are still here. We won’t back down.

7/26: Today is day 325 at the Yellow Finch tree sits and we are still here!

We are still asking folks to COME OUT HERE to Elliston to support and help us defend this hillside. Just by being here, you are supporting the blockade. We are all safer and hold more power with the increase in numbers.

Mountain Valley Pipeline construction has reached the hillside that we have been defending for 325 days, and continues every day. Law enforcement and pipeline security presence is high — we need more people!