Richmond, VA. Thursday June 21st, 2018. 9am. A 10’ x 35’ banner was hung on the front of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality central offices in the Bank of America Building, downtown Richmond, Virginia. The banner read DEQ, 20 Violations. 0 Fines? Do your job! Stop work now! Fracking Poisons water. We are not a sacrificial zone! #NoMVP #NoACP This is a call to decolonize space and protect our human rights to clean accessible water. The Virginia Department of Env

Richmond, VA. Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 at 11am. Citizens and members of various water protection groups such as Virginia River Healers, Virginia Pipeline Resisters, POWHR and RAPTORS marched from the State Capitol to the Department of Environmental Quality and delivered a petition to the Virginia State Water Control Board. The petition authored by Emily Satterwhite, was signed by 767 people and called on the State Water Control Board Members to hold a meeting before the end