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Pipelines

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

Indigenous groups and opponents of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project protest its construction across northern Minnesota. Credit: Michael Siluk/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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

Protesters of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 replacement project walk through the project's construction zone near Palisade, Minnesota. The oil pipeline will stretch through 337 miles in northern Minnesota. Credit: Nedahness Greene

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

By Kristoffer Tigue

U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to sign executive orders after speaking about climate change issues in the State Dining Room of the White House on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden signed several executive orders related to the climate change crisis on Wednesday, including one directing a pause on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands. Also pictured, left to right, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Vice President Kamala Harris. Credit: Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images

‘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

Pump jacks operate near Loco Hills on April 23, 2020 in Eddy County, New Mexico. Credit: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

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

Pipe is stacked at the southern site of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 22, 2012 in Cushing, Oklahoma. Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

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

By Nicholas Kusnetz

People gather in front of the White House during the Native Nations Rise protest on March 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Native tribes from around the US gathered for four days of protest against the administration of President Donald Trump and the Dakota A

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

By Ilana Cohen

Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot on Oct. 14, 2014 outside Gascoyne, North Dakota. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

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

By Phil McKenna

Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot on Oct. 14, 2014 outside Gascoyne, North Dakota. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

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

By Marianne Lavelle

Andrew Wheeler. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Getty Images

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

By Kristoffer Tigue

President Donald Trump looks on after signing executive orders related to the oil pipeline industry in 2017. Credit: Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images

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

By Marianne Lavelle

Protesters call for a stop to the Williams natural gas pipeline ) during a demonstration in New York City. Credit: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

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

By Kristoffer Tigue

Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot on Oct. 14, 2014 outside Gascoyne, North Dakota. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

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

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A protester holds a sign during a demonstration against the Dakota Access Pipeline on March 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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

By Phil McKenna

Protesters in Brooklyn, New York, hold a banner saying no pipeline during a demonstration against a natural gas pipeline proposed by the utility National Grid. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

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

By Kristoffer Tigue

Activists are fighting against the construction of a natural gas compressor and pipeline that one activist called “a carbon bomb.” Credit: Phil McKenna/InsideClimate News

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

By Phil McKenna

San Francisco faces increasing coastal risks as sea level rises. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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

By David Hasemyer

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