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Driven by Industry, More States Are Passing Tough Laws Aimed at Pipeline Protesters

Bills to increase penalties for “impeding” the operations of a pipeline or power plant—in many cases elevating the offense to a felony—are pending in at least six states and have been enacted in 14 others.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

When an Oil Company Profits From a Pipeline Running Beneath Tribal Land Without Consent, What’s Fair Compensation?

By Judy Fahys

Former Vice President Al Gore claps while at a rally organized by the Memphis Community Against the Pipeline at Alonzo Weaver Park on Sunday afternoon. Gore and his organization Climate Reality have spoken out against the Byhalia Connection Pipeline project that is proposing a route through southwest Memphis neighborhoods that are primarily Black. Credit: Andrea Morales for MLK50

Q&A: Al Gore Describes a ‘Well-Known Playbook’ That Fossil Fuel Companies Employ to Win Community Support

By Carrington J. Tatum, MLK50

Urging Biden to Stop Line 3, Indigenous-Led Resistance Camps Ramp Up Efforts to Slow Construction

By Kristoffer Tigue

‘We Need to Be Bold,’ Biden Says, Taking the First Steps in a Major Shift in Climate Policy

By Marianne Lavelle, Agya K. Aning, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Katie Surma, Kristoffer Tigue, Phil McKenna

Biden’s Pause of New Federal Oil and Gas Leases May Not Reduce Production, but It Signals a Reckoning With Fossil Fuels

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Judy Fahys

Joseph Owens sits for a portrait outside his home on an acre of land in Southwest Memphis. The Byhalia Connection Pipeline initially offered him $3,000 to obtain an easement on a portion of his property. Credit: Andrea Morales for MLK50

Eminent Domain Lets Pipeline Developers Take Land, Pay Little, Say Black Property Owners

By Carrington J. Tatum, MLK50

Biden Cancels Keystone XL, Halts Drilling in Arctic Refuge on Day One, Signaling a Larger Shift Away From Fossil Fuels

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Biden Has Promised to Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline. Activists Hope He’ll Nix Dakota Access, Too

By Ilana Cohen

Too Much Sun Degrades Coatings That Keep Pipes From Corroding, Risking Leaks, Spills and Explosions

By Phil McKenna

Climate Activists See ‘New Era’ After Three Major Oil and Gas Pipeline Defeats

By Marianne Lavelle

Trump’s New Clean Water Act Rules Could Affect Embattled Natural Gas Projects on Both Coasts

By Kristoffer Tigue

Besieged by Protesters Demanding Racial Justice, Trump Orders Waiving of Environmental Safeguards

By Marianne Lavelle

New York’s Use of Landmark Climate Law Could Resound in Other States

By Kristoffer Tigue

Alberta’s $5.3 Billion Backing of Keystone XL Signals Vulnerability of Canadian Oil

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A Federal Court Delivers a Victory for Sioux Tribe, Another Blow for the Dakota Access Pipeline

By Phil McKenna

A Seven-Mile Gas Pipeline Outside Albany Has Activists up in Arms

By Kristoffer Tigue

Protests Target a ‘Carbon Bomb’ Linking Two Major Pipelines Outside Boston

By Phil McKenna

Emails Reveal Justice Dept. Working Closely with Big Oil to Oppose Climate Lawsuits

By David Hasemyer

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