Thirteen arrested in protest at Dominion today

[underpants]

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Thirteen people were arrested today for blockading the entrance to Dominion Resources’ corporate headquarters to protest the company’s plan for a new coal-fired power plant in Southwest Virginia.

The protest blocked Tredegar Street for more than two hours, with four college students forming a human chain with their hands encased in containers of hardened cement and a fifth dangling by a climber’s harness from the Lee Bridge footbridge that leads to Belle Isle.

The protesters, all arrested on various misdemeanor charges, were part of a contingent of more than 20 people from Blue Ridge Earth First! who launched the blockade at 7 a.m. to protest a decision by the state Air Pollution Control Board last week to approve pollution permits for a 585-megawatt power plant in Wise County.

Blue Ridge Earth First!, along with another group called Mountain Justice, say the proposed $1.8 billion plant would emit too much mercury and carbon dioxide into the air, promote strip mining for coal in Southwest Virginia and cost consumers too much for electricity. They also protested Dominion’s possible plans to build a third nuclear reactor at its North Anna power plant in Louisa County.



Read more: http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-06-30-0186.html

[Duppers]

1. wow!

A few brave souls in this state have some balls!

[1Hippiechick]

2. Hallelujah! Young people: take action, get involved, including protesting! Right on!

These kids ROCK!

:applause:
:woohoo:
:yourock:

[Blue_Tires]

3. cement? hardcore....

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. If you wanna send them cheers, or even a dollar or 2

http://www.blueridgeef.org/