- – The Intercept – 6/7/20
A Green New Deal architect explains how the protests and climate crisis are connected
- – MIT Technology Review – 6/11/20
Pandemic, unrest may elevate environmental justice agenda
- – E&E News – 6/4/20
Yet Another State Quietly Moves To Criminalize Fossil Fuel Protests Amid Coronavirus
- – Huffington Post – 5/8/20
Community Fights Construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline
- – Pulitzer Center – 4/13/20
3 States Pass Anti-Pipeline Protest Bills in Two Weeks
- – EcoWatch – 3/30/20
WV Senate Committee Approves Bill Curbing Infrastructure Protests
The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee approved by a voice vote on March 4 a bill that would establish as a misdemeanor an action by “any person who willfully and knowingly trespasses or enters property containing a critical infrastructure without permission.” A similar measure passed the WV House of Delegates by a 65-30 vote on February 13.
How Louisiana Lawmakers Stop Residents’ Efforts to Fight Big Oil and Gas
- – ProPublica – 2/7/20
WV Considers Legislation to Increase Penalties for Pipeline Protesters
Legislation was introduced January 30 in the West Virginia House of Delegates that would heighten the penalties for protesting near oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructures. Under the provisions of H.R 4615 knowingly trespassing on property containing a critical infrastructure facility is punishable by a year in jail and a $500 fine.
Virginia Tech professor seeks to change Mountain Valley Pipeline agenda
- – Collegiate Times – 1/30/20