by Nelson Bailey | May 8, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
It’s been a tough few months for opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). First Donald Trump officially approved the $3.8 billion project. Then indigenous people were forced to clear out of the Oceti Sakowin and Sacred Stone protest camps. And with construction...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 19, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Spiritual Ecology
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by Nelson Bailey | Apr 11, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Pipeline protesters set to hold rally to tour potentially impacted areas NELSON COUNTY ((WSLS 10/ WVIR) – The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League will hold more rallies today, opposing the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines. On Sunday, people in Nelson...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 17, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
The Sami parliament, representing indigenous people also known as Lapps, has convinced Norway’s second largest pension fund to ditch the oil pipeline project. In an act of international solidarity between indigenous peoples, the Sami parliament in Norway has persuaded...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 16, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety
From the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League: GROUPS SUE COUNTY TO BLOCK COMPRESSOR STATION Today the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League announced that it, together with its local chapter Concern for the New Generation, has filed a lawsuit opposing the...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 13, 2017 | Environmental Justice
Faber resident Ernie Reed has announced his candidacy for the Nelson County Board of Supervisors’ Central District seat. Reed, president of Friends of Nelson, a group dedicated to opposing the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, is running as a Democrat. Connie Brennan,...
