About 150 people gathered in downtown Roanoke to protest against two proposed natural gas pipelines on Monday.
Pipeline Protest
SUN SiNG Collective performs at a rally with about 150 people gathered in downtown Roanoke Monday protesting against two proposed natural gas pipelines. Protesters from Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina spoke out against the environmental harms caused by the Mountain Valley Pipeline, currently under construction through southwest Virginia, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a similar project to the east.
Pipeline Protest
Participants in a pipeline protest downtown Roanoke carry signs and a chain of several hundred flags, each one representing a named water body to be the crossed by the pipelines, across Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge. The event was aimed in part at asking banks who have loaned money for the multi-billion dollar projects to divest.
Pipeline Protest
About 150 people gathered in downtown Roanoke Monday for speeches, songs and sign-waving against two proposed natural gas pipelines. Protesters from Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina spoke out against the environmental harms caused by the Mountain Valley Pipeline, currently under construction through southwest Virginia, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a similar project to the east. The rally was the first to bring together residents of all three states the pipelines will cross.
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A live art sculpture called “Earth on Fire,” with stilt walkers Beth Deel and Windy Schuyler holding anti-pipeline signs made a presence during a rally of pipeline protesters from thee states, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina.
Pipeline Protest
About 150 people gathered in downtown Roanoke on Monday for speeches, songs and sign-waving against two proposed natural gas pipelines. Jeannie Ambrose (left) of Pittsboro, North Carolina, carries her sign across the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge along with a chain of several hundred flags, each one representing a named water body to be the crossed by the pipelines. Protesters from Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina spoke out against the environmental harms caused by the Mountain Valley Pipeline, currently under construction through southwest Virginia, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a similar project to the east. The rally was the first to bring together residents of all three states the pipelines will cross. The rally began at the Wells Fargo Plaza, as it was aimed in part at asking banks who have loaned money for the multi-billion dollar projects to divest.
Pipeline Protest
Participants in a pipeline protest downtown Roanoke have a silent march along Salem Avenue past Wells Fargo Tower on Monday, the event was aimed in part at asking banks who have loaned money for the multi-billion dollar projects to divest.
Pipeline Protest
Students from Community High School of Arts and Academics in Roanke partake in the rally against two proposed natural gas pipelines on Monday. (From left center) Zöe Larson-Harris, Tallulah Costa, and Amie Uotinen.
Pipeline Protest
After a gathering in downtown Roanoke Monday for speeches, songs and sign-waving against two proposed natural gas pipelines, participants gather at the nearby Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge with a chain of several hundred flags, each one representing a named water body to be the crossed by the pipelines.
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Del. Sam Rasoul (left) and Del. Chris Hurst, walk in a rally with about 150 people downtown Roanoke Monday protesting against two proposed natural gas pipelines. Protesters from Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina spoke out against the environmental harms caused by the Mountain Valley Pipeline, currently under construction through southwest Virginia, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a similar project to the east.
Pipeline Protest
About 150 participants in a protest against two natural gas pipelines make their way through downtown Roanoke in a silent march along Salem Avenue past Wells Fargo Tower on Monday. The event was aimed in part at asking banks who have loaned money for the multi-billion dollar projects to divest.
Pipeline Protest
Lee Williams, co-chair of the “Green New Deal,” inspires a crowd of protestors against two proposed natural gas pipelines to yell “climate justice” and “vote them out,” during an event when about 150 people gathered in downtown Roanoke Monday. The rally was the first to bring together residents of all three states the pipelines will cross. Held in the Wells Fargo Plaza, the event was aimed in part at asking banks who have loaned money for the multi-billion dollar projects to divest. Del.Sam Rasoul was the master of ceremonies, is seen at far right.
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Del. Chris Hurst, speaks at a rally with about 150 people gathered in downtown Roanoke Monday protesting against two proposed natural gas pipelines. Protesters from Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina spoke out against the environmental harms caused by the Mountain Valley Pipeline, currently under construction through southwest Virginia, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a similar project to the east.
Pipeline Protest
Del.Sam Rasoul was the master of ceremonies during a rally with about 150 people in downtown Roanoke Monday protesting against two proposed natural gas pipelines. Protesters from Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina spoke out against the environmental harms caused by the Mountain Valley Pipeline, currently under construction through southwest Virginia, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a similar project to the east.
