Pipline Demonstrators Shut Down State Street (rough cut)

This afternoon, demonstrations from 350 VT and Rising Tide Vermont gathered in Montpelier for a long brewing confrontation with the Public Service Board over the ongoing struggle against the Vermont Gas Pipeline slated to snake its way through Addison County.

After a short parade around downtown Montpelier, demonstrators gathered on State Street in front of the Public Service Building and erected a faux fracking derrick on the center line of State Street. "We're going to hold this space until the State stops making backroom deals with utility companies and until this fracked gas pipeline is shut down" said Rising Tide one organizer to the gathered crowd as a fellow protest climbed the thirty foot derrick to laughably impersonate Public Service Board Commissioner Chris Recchia in a precarious puppet show from atop the derrick.

Vowing to stay until the pipeline project is shut down, the occupation of State Street appears ready to continue until the upcoming Public Service Board meeting on Monday.

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Rising Tide Joins Residents in Pipeline Opposition

As Public Service Board proceedings move forward in Montpelier the climate justice organization Rising Tide Vermont is joing residents across Addison County in their opposition the proposed VT Gas pipeline. Taking part in a working Barbecue in Monkton over the weekend, organizers with Rising Tide conducted a "pipeline walk" with landowners through the soon to be affected areas; including sugarbushes, archeological sites, and numerous wetlands.

Stay tuned for further coverage.

Tense Community Hearing in Shoreham

Part of an ongoing project about the VT Gas pipeline through Addison County, VT; this series of pictures comes from an especially tense community meeting in the tiny town of Shoreham, Vermont. Wary of the ecological and economic costs of constructing a natural gas pipeline through their community for the sake of a single business, Shoreham residents ask tough questions of community leadership and management of International Paper's Ticonderoga Mill.

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Here Be Dragons!

While working on a continuing project about the proposed VT Gas pipeline through Addison County, Vermont; I managed to find myself photographing a growling "pipeline dragon" in Bristol, VT's 4th of July parade (click to enlarge).  Fun times!

Best Local Web/Print Journalist?

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It's time for the annual 7 Days "Daisy Awards" and I want to invite all of you to type in your vote for "Dylan Kelley, Vermont Commons" (Question #59) as the best local print/web journalist!

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Here's a brief look back at some of the stories I've covered these past year (click photos to launch slideshow mode).

March Against Monsanto (Montpelier)

Occupy Sandy (Far Rockaways, New York)

May Day 2013, (Montpelier)

Idle No More demonstration (Montpelier)

First Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street (New York City)

First Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street (New York City)

Occupiers March on the Republican National Convention (Tampa, FL)

Occupiers March on the Republican National Convention (Tampa, FL)

New England Governor's Conference (Burlington)

Occupy Oakland (Oakland, CA)

Occupy Our Homes (Minneapolis, MN)

NATO Conference (Chicago, IL)

NATO Conference (Chicago, IL)

NATO Conference (Chicago, IL)

Shut Down Vermont Yankee Rally (Brattleboro)

New Hampshire Presidential Primary

Occupy Congress (Washington D.C.)

Somali-Bantu Student Strike (Burlington)

May Day 2012 (Montpelier)

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