Tree sitters protest the Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline, Sept. 5, 2018 (Photo courtesy Lauren Bowman)
We thought we had seen the last of Big Green protesters with names like “Ink,” “Sprout,” “Red,” “Nutty,” “Fern” and “Decard” illegally sitting in the tops of trees (or on poles) in Virginia as a tactic to prevent Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from cutting trees along the path of the pipeline. Nope. We have two more: "Lauren" and "Nettle." Two youngsters (early 20s) have built themselves a make-shift tree house in Montgomery County, VA.--in the path of trees that are due to be cut down for MVP. Draping a banner that says, "No Prisons, No Pipelines" (whatever that means), the two nutjobs say they pick and choose which laws they want to obey. Which is called anarchy. But that's their philosophy. They don't agree with the law that says EQT Midstream has the right to build MVP, so they're illegally attempting to stop it. As near as we can tell, they'll have a long wait. Due to federal laws protecting bats and other so-called endangered species, MVP can't cut those trees until November. At least that's our understanding. At any rate, we now have two more protesters who will need to be starved or otherwise forced out the trees. When that finally happens (as it will), the police need to send a bill for their services to the protesters, not MVP...
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