Pipeline activists to start march in Carteret

Activists are set to walk from Carteret to Peekskill, New York, in opposition to pipelines.

The 90-mile trek will take eight days and will be led by Buddhist nun Jun-San Yasuda. The path will go along the routes of the Spectra Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) and Pilgrim Pipeline. According to the event's Facebook page, anyone can join at anytime in the walk for as long as they wish.

Activists will meet in Carteret at the Waterfront Park on Saturday at 10 a.m. and then will participate in a water ceremony led by the Onondaga and Ramapough Lenape nations.

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The event is being headlined as the "Water Walk for Life."

On March 7, the Ramapough Lenape Nation will lead a tobacco ceremony at the Split Rock-Sweetwater Prayer Camp in Mahwah at 12:30 p.m. The camp was set up in solidarity with Standing Rock in North Dakota, according to the news release.

The walk will close with a vigil at Indian Point nuclear power plant on March 11 at 11 a.m., commemorating the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, according to the release. The Algonquin and Ramapough will then lead a water ceremony at Peekskill Landing Park at 12:40 p.m.

Carteret Waterfront Park is at 200 Middlesex Ave.

For more information, email waterwalkforlife@aol.com or call Jules Orkin during the walk at 201-566-8403.

Staff Writer Nick Muscavage: 908-243-6615; ngmuscavage@gannettnj.com