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All the battles being waged against fossil fuel infrastructure are following a single strategy

  • Written by Luis Hestres, Assistant Professor of Digital Communication, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Virginia Delegate Chris Hurst, a Democrat, at a Mountain Valley Pipeline protest before he took officeAP Photo/Steve Helber

The activists holding a growing number of protests against oil pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure projects from coast to coast are winning some courtroom victories.

For example, a federal appeals court recently...

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