End of the Line

Wrapping up our regular installments of End of the Line, we will return for quarterly longer-format episodes in the future. For now, we speak to some familiar voices about where the pipeline struggles stand right now, and what lies ahead. Original air date: 07/05/19

In this episode, pipeline opponents talk about "hope", how to see uncertainty in an emergent way, and what it takes to keep fighting giants. Original air date: 4/5/19

Hear Reverend William Barber's full speech at the Moral Call for Ecological Justice in Buckingham County, VA. Original air date: 3/15/19

Reverend William Barber of the Poor People's Campaign of North Carolina, and former Vice President Al Gore, recently visited the community of Union Hill in Buckingham County, VA for the Moral Call for Ecological Justice. Original air date: 3/1/19

Neal and Beth take us on a walk through the woods, teaching us about medicinal plants in Appalachia, and how their recent experience with Mountain Valley Pipeline has changed their approach to fighting back.

With the new tree sits in Elliston, VA, the Mountain Valley Pipeline blockades have now seen every season, shape and shade of Appalachia. Original air date: 10/5/18

Environmental lawyers explain all of the recent developments around stop work orders for the Mountain Valley Pipeline ahead of the next State Water Control Board meeting. Original air date: 08/17/18

In the final episode of "Season 2", pipeline fighters talk teacher strikes, remembering histories of resistance, and what winning really looks like. Original air date: 08/03/18

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Pipeline fighters are keeping their promise to watch Mountain Valley Pipeline's every move, catching almost daily construction failures that are damaging their creeks and streams, and doing the job that Virginia DEQ is either unable - or unwilling - to do. Original air date: 7/6/18

In this episode we hear folks at the "Hellbender Autonomous Zone" talk about the problems around private property and notions of ownership, and how we use collective resistance to fight not just pipelines but the systems that allow for exploitation and extraction that have been allowed to destroy communities in the North America for hundreds of years. Original air date: 6/1/18

"Nutty" has been living at the top of a 50 foot pole on the forest service road in Giles County for over 6 weeks. The forest service continues to impose order by drawing lines and then re-drawing them, and arresting anyone who crosses the line. Original air date: 5/4/18

As more eyes turn to pipeline resistance in Virginia, how does that resistance take root, and in what ways can community subvert the structures of power? Original air date: 4/20/18

Treesitters on top of Peters Mountain Stand have wondered if their action might be a spark to inspire pipeline fighters. Now others have answered their call, taking to the trees in the wetlands of Bent Mountain. Original air date: 4/6/18

Through wind storms, snow storms, two court hearings, and a temporary restraining order, the support for the treesitters at Peters Mountain Stand has only grown. Have they sparked something beyond just protecting these two trees? Original air date: 3/30/18

A special episode of storytelling and memory sharing from residents of Bent Mountain. Original air date: 3/2/18

In this first episode of 2018, the pipeline fight is entering a new phase. Tree cutting begins in Buckingham County, and MVP takes 300 landowners to court. Original air date: 2/16/18

Inside the State Water Control Board meetings for the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines, where many opponents thought a vote in favor of water certification was a foregone conclusion for both projects, a chorus of voices makes space for courage and power. Original air date: 12/15/17

After two days of meetings, including hours of testimony from residents, soil scientists, hydrologists, engineers, and former employees of the DEQ itself, it's with extreme sadness that we must report on the passage of 401 certification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The people we've met over the last three years are strong. They are not going anywhere, and neither are we.

The State Water Control Board will vote on water certification for the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines during the week of December 6-12, 2017. In this episode, we visit Bottom Creek, one of the few Tier 3 streams in Virginia which would be crossed by the MVP. Additionally, we look at whether the DEQ's process has really been "scientific and transparent" for the public. Original Air Date: 12/01/17

In Episode 9, we look at injustices both past and present in excerpts from testimonials given at the People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Environmental Justice, including the health and safety impacts of living near a compressor station. Original Air Date: 11/17/17

In episode 8, we take a look at the impact that the pipelines have had on state elections in 2017, and how the political conversation has changed over the last three years. Original Air Date: 11/3/17

A week prior to the airing of this episode, FERC grants "Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity" for both the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines. What does this mean for pipeline fighters, and more importantly, are these pipeline projects really needed in order to meet energy demand for the Mid-Atlantic? In this episode, we get a lesson in the history of energy demand in the United States, plus a look at what is really driving energy holding companies to get into the pipeline building business. Original Air Date: 10/20/17

In this episode, we hear excerpts from two different presentations of comments to the Virgnia State Water Control Board and DEQ on issues of water impacts from the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines. Original Air Date: 9/29/17

Episode 5 sheds light on the unheard voices of residents, buried by bureaucracy in the process of permitting water crossings by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline. Original Air Date: 9/15/17

In Episode 4, we hear from familiar voices and some new ones, on an issue that has been at the forefront of most minds in the last year: water. Original Air Date: 9/1/17

Original Air Date: 8/18/17 What is the human cost of the heart of a pipeline? In Union Hill neighborhood of Buckingham county, a plot of land is proposed as the site of a compressor station for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Compressor stations are the heart of the pipeline, pressurizing gas to be pumped across hundreds of miles. A compressor station is the lynchpin of a pipeline, as well as the most dangerous piece of infrastructure. Union Hill neighborhood, where the station is proposed to be built, is a predominantly African-American neighborhood founded by slaves freed after the Civil War. How does the history of this neighborhood coincide with the construction of a large, noisy, dirty and dangerous compressor station? How have the people most affected by its construction responded? Have elected officials or corporate decision makers heard their voices? In the midst of turmoil surrounding historic erasure in the south, this episode tells the unique and troubling story of land, ownership and theft in the neighborhood of Union Hill, Buckingham County, Virginia.

When can surveyors legally enter your property without permission? Learn about Virginia's "right to trespass law", eminent domain, and how it affects the pipeline development. Original Air Date: 8/4/17

We're premiering on Richmond's local independent radio, WRIR 97.3 on Friday July 21 @ 11:00am!

In Episode 2, we hear stories from Bent Mountain residents resisting surveyor trespass against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. And from Nelson County, neighbors uniting in the face of controversial routes over the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Original Air Date: 8/4/17 Music by Restroy and Lobo Marino.

Up next in Episode 2: Hear stories from Bent Mountain residents resisting surveyor trespass against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. and from Nelson County neighbors uniting in the face of controversial routes over the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

*UPDATE: At the time of the original airing of this episode, FERC had not yet granted final permits for the pipelines. As of Oct 13, 2017, both MVP and ACP have been granted federal permits by FERC. In the pilot episode, we present the question that landowners along the routes of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline have been facing every day for nearly three years: are these pipelines really a "done deal?" How are residents fighting against them? Can they win? We trace the beginning of the current pipeline struggles to central and southwestern Virginia, uncovering connections between the MVP and the ACP. We look back to the early 2000s, when Dominion lost the proposed Greenbrier Pipeline -- an almost identical pipeline to the currently proposed MVP. Organizer Mara Robbins tells how Floyd County was able to get the MVP re-routed away from their county in the fall of 2014. Also on this episode are Sharon Ponton, Ernie Reed, Connie Brennan, Carolyn Reilly, and Mike Carter. Music by Restroy and Lobo Marino. Original Air Date: 7/21/17

Two-minute teaser for the pilot episode of "End of the Line" - an ongoing podcast about the pipeline struggles in Virginia and the mid-Atlantic.