Erin Mundahl
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Here Are the Four Pipelines Trump's Executive Orders Could Help Most –
On Wednesday, backed by a crowd of smiling members of the International Union of Operating Engineers, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders → Read More
Student Protests Over Climate Part of Well-Planned P.R. Strategy –
On Friday, students around the world walked out of class to protest climate change, seemingly inspired by Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old whose weekly → Read More
Green New Deal Divides Environmentalist Movement –
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released the details of her plans for a "Green New Deal" just days ago already the proposal is dividing major green groups. → Read More
Lack of Pipelines Raises Energy Costs in New England –
It's a cold week for the U.S. — so cold, in fact, weather maps have been forced to adopt new color schemes. Another polar vortex has swept through the → Read More
Alberta Cuts Oil Production, Helps OPEC, Hurts US: Why Energy Infrastructure is Essential –
A lack of pipelines running between Canada and the U.S. has left oil producers in Alberta sitting on 35 million barrels of surplus oil, and the effects → Read More
Is Your EZ Pass Spying On You? –
Want to use toll roads on the East Coast, but hate having to carry change? EZ Pass offers cashless, open road tolling across 17 states. The catch? States → Read More
What Does the Common Law Know About Exxon? The Legal Theory Behind the Climate Change Suits –
For over a year, more than a dozen state and local governments have been suing ExxonMobil, Shell, and other fossil fuel companies over alleged damages → Read More
Final Stages of Bayou Bridge Protests Bring Out of State Protesters, Legal Confusion –
As the summer comes to an end, the Bayou Bridge pipeline is nearing completion. Work continues along the full stretch of the pipeline, which will carry → Read More
FERC Deadlocked After Powelson Departure, Pipeline Approvals Likely to Slow –
When running for office, President Donald Trump hyped his pro-infrastructure and pro-energy platform, assuring voters that he would work to approve pipelin → Read More
Protesters in Louisiana Take to Treesitting, Kayaks to Stop Bayou Bridge Pipeline –
After months of protesting on the ground, protesters trying to stop construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana have taken to the trees. As the → Read More
Throwing Good Money After Bad: Baltimore Files Climate Change Lawsuit Day After NYC Case Tossed –
Another day, another lawsuit. On Friday morning, the city of Baltimore announced that it was filing a climate change lawsuit of its own, bringing charges a → Read More
Oil and Gas Industries Are the Lifeblood of Many Louisiana Small Businesses –
In Louisiana, small business of all sorts benefit from the oil and gas industries, which bring in many new customers. → Read More
State-Level Permitting Uncertainties Delay Pipeline Construction in LA, NY, and VA –
The start of President Donald Trump's administration looked promising for energy infrastructure construction, as the new administration wasted little time → Read More
Divesting From Fossil Fuels Is Harder Than Green Groups, Liberal Cities Might Have Thought –
Over the last several years, divestment has become a more and more common goal for environmental protesters, who have tried to get cities, universities, an → Read More
Bring Back the Wood Stove: EPA Memo Announces That Biomass Is Carbon Neutral –
Most people believe that the U.S. has, for the most part, moved past its need to burn wood. According to this line of thinking, people living in extremely → Read More
The Right to Protest and Peaceably Assemble: Not Under Legal Threat in the U.S. –
Is the United States entering a free speech freeze? The one year anniversary of the closing of the Standing Rock protest camps in February sparked a reeval → Read More
Does Burning Man Mean That a Post-Scarcity Society Would Be a Libertarian Utopia? Not Quite. –
Every year, some 70,000 people descend upon the Nevada desert for an experience somewhere between an art festival, a music festival, and a tent city. The B → Read More
"A PR Effort More Than a Legal One": Flaws in the Latest Lawsuits Against Big Oil –
On Wednesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city would both divest its pension plans from fossil fuels and also start a lawsuit aga → Read More
De Blasio Divests NYC's Pension Funds: Public Employees Likely to Be Hurt –
The divestment movement has come to the east coast. On Wednesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced that his administration was stepping up → Read More
Environmentalists Hurting Transition to Cleaner Energy With Pipeline Construction Protests –
Environmentalists, not regulators, are to blame for delays in pipeline construction. That's the message Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairma → Read More