Report on ongoing resistance to the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from Appalachians Against Pipelines. On Saturday morning 10/7, pipeline fighter Mickey locked themself to a sleeping dragon blockade on the Virginia side of Peters Mountain, in the Jefferson National Forest. A banner at the site read, "Defend the Forest Everywhere!" Mickey prevented tree clearing on...

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Nearby, folks rallied in support of Mickey’s protest, holding signs with phrases including “Shut It Down” and “Water You Doing?” The site of this rally was the same site where a monopod (aerial blockade) prevented MVP access to Peters Mountain for 57 days in 2018. Since the monopod, MVP has lost their permit to cross National Forest land multiple times. Each time, it has been reinstated with no real plan to avoid protecting the land, ecosystems, and communities in the pipeline’s path.