Activists Have a New Strategy to Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights -
"It already has worked in New York where construction on the Constitution Pipeline has stalled. Now activists are trying the strategy in Oregon."
Why this is important: Environmental activists have long recognized blocking new pipeline construction can be a more effective strategy for keeping fossil fuels in the ground than challenging wells on a permit-by-permit basis. If, after all, there's no pipeline to take the fossil fuels to market, there's no economic case for extracting them in the first place. Historically, however, activists' pipeline challenges have met with little success....
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