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For over a decade, the POWHR Coalition has fought for our mountains, streams, and communities across West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. We oppose fossil fuel projects, like the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), that threaten our home. powhr.org
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With the unreasonably short comment period, this is a great way to add your voice to opposition to MVP's Southgate extension! 👇

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"Pittsylvania County faces pollution risks from three proposed fossil fuel projects: a new gas plant from the developer Balico, a massive extension of the existing Transco pipelines (SSEP) and an extension of the ruinous Mountain Valley Pipeline." godanriver.com/article_a40f...

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We don't quit and we don't give up on each other. #StopMVP #NoMVPSoutghate actionnetwork.org/events/virtu...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Solidarity call to action for MVP fighters! Support community members and show the county planning commission the scale of public opposition by attending the March 18 Pittsylvania Board of Supervisors meeting at 7 p.m. in Chatham, Virginia. Say NO to Balico!

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"Said, we're here to stay. Said, we're here to stay. Said, we're here to stay." -Høly River Congrats y'all. Many, many more years and powerful collaborations.

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Local coverage from the big day in court this week from Annabelle Kinney. #NoMVP www.wdbj7.com/2025/02/25/c...

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“It’s really exhausting to feel we are just going from one disaster to another constantly…” Johnson said... “But it’s also really beautiful because these groups that we were contacting and saying, ‘What do you need?…are now reaching back out & saying, ‘Here’s what we have. Here’s what we can send.’”

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Top notch reporting from Nina on a day that turned out over 100 supporters to bear witness. The courtroom stayed at maximum capacity throughout a long day of trials. #NoMVP

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🚨Right now Mountain Valley Pipeline developers are trying to get federal regulators to greenlight their pipeline extension. We are keeping up the fight! Join us for a virtual comment party on March 4! Register at this link: actionnetwork.org/events/virtu...

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"The updated plans for Southgate would change the route, length, and pipe diameter to include 31 miles of 30-inch diameter pipeline in North Carolina and Virginia, increasing methane and greenhouse gas emissions in the southern portion of the country." ncnewsline.com/2025/02/20/e...

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"Mere days after FERC granted an extension for the original project’s certificate in December 2023, MVP Southgate developers announced a major project overhaul, including increasing the pipeline’s gas capacity by nearly 50 percent and altering the pipeline route." appvoices.org/2025/02/20/c...

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“We had about a week without an emergency.” 💔 cardinalnews.org/2025/02/17/w...

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By me: ‘Everything we had floated away’: Hurricane Helene survivors in rural Southern Appalachia help each other rebuild after the climate disaster as misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories swirl @thaliajuarez.bsky.social 📷📸 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

Tune in now to hear oral arguments: iframe.dacast.com/live/8ea9113...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

"Black and Indigenous people have experienced countless injustices. Not only systemic oppression but the damages caused by climate change. We have no choice but to come together and share strategies on how we can protect each other." powhr.org/blog/global-...

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🧵Something we're watching next week in the Virginia Supreme Court: Layla H. v. Commonwealth of Virginia is on the docket Feb. 11. Virginia's unchecked permitting of fossil fuel projects causes and contributes to the ongoing climate crisis and causes grave harm to these thirteen Youth Plaintiffs.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

"Our regulators must reject Southgate’s attempts to downplay these developments as minor, and ensure the project follows procedures from square one, where community concerns can be fully heard." - Cavalier-Keck, Co-Founder of @7directionsof.bsky.social augustafreepress.com/news/mountai...

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“Don't ever give up on us here in these parts of Appalachia. We're working hard. There's a lot of good people trying to do good work and learn. We're working hard to make it a just community for all lives.” - Crystal Mello, Community Organizer.

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