Monday, February 5, 2018

Fossil Fuels and Anti-Democratic Politics: ALEC sponsors legislation to criminalize pipeline protests, and it's spreading

OHIO AND IOWA ARE THE LATEST OF EIGHT STATES TO CONSIDER ANTI-PROTEST BILLS AIMED AT PIPELINE OPPONENTS
 (The Intercept)
February 2 2018, 10:58 a.m. 
The bills were proposed less than a week after the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council, which has close ties to the fossil fuel industry, finalized a model policy titled the “Critical Infrastructure Protection Act,” which calls for more severe punishment for those who trespass on facilities including oil pipelines, petroleum refineries, liquid natural gas terminals, and railroads used to transport oil and gas.

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