Big Oil Wants to Expand Penalties for Pipeline Protesters
As Congress negotiates to reauthorize important pipeline safety legislation, fossil fuel donors are pushing to add more criminal penalties for those protesting pipeline construction.
3 Articles by: Emily Sanders
Emily Sanders is climate journalist based in Queens, New York.
CO2 Pipelines Are Big Oil’s New Mode of Destruction
Big Oil has launched a lobbying blitz to scale back safety regulations for its build-out of experimental carbon dioxide pipelines, endangering nearby communities in the event of a leak.
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Weaponizing the First Amendment to Silence Its Critics
As evidence mounts of Big Oil’s history of climate denialism, the industry’s choice law firm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, is using the “free speech” defense to suppress criticism and safeguard oil companies’ ability to deceive the public.