'Raging granny' locks to equipment at Mountain Valley Pipeline site

[G_j]

https://wset.com/news/local/raging-granny-locks-to-equipment-at-mountain-valley-pipeline-site

MONTGOMERY Co., Va. (WSET) -- The group Appalachians Against Pipelines says a 75-year-old woman has locked herself to construction equipment in Montgomery County morning of Friday, Sept. 27.

The 75-year-old woman, Duff Benjamin identifies herself as a "raging granny."

The groups say under a banner reading “PIPELINES BLOW” Duff has shut down construction at Cove Hollow Road nearby the ongoing tree-sit blockade.

According to Appalachians Against Pipelines, Duff says,“the problem with pipelines is they always leak. What they leak are toxins into the land, then water and air. The other problem with pipelines is that they frequently explode, and when they do, it’s the equivalent of a dirty bomb going off into poor Black and Latino neighborhoods- communities that pipelines are purposely routed through and near (never through wealthy white neighborhoods!). Because I see humankind as one huge family, and I am a member, I cannot sit back and watch this happen silently. I must voice my thoughts and feelings. I say NO! STOP IT!"


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[Karadeniz]

1. Go, granny, go! She needs support.

[NCLefty]

2. She already has a backhoe! :p