{"id":3412,"date":"2020-07-10T01:59:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T01:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2020-07-10T01:59:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T01:59:58","slug":"its-been-an-awful-week-for-the-fossil-fuel-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/pittsburgh\/its-been-an-awful-week-for-the-fossil-fuel-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Been an Awful Week for the Fossil-Fuel Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By <\/span>Bill McKibben<\/a> July 8, 2020. The New Yorker.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s been a truly awful few days for the fossil-fuel industry, which is another way of saying that it\u2019s been an unexpectedly good few days for planet Earth: a trio of sweeping and unlikely victories have demonstrated the depth of great organizing and the increasing weakness of the industry\u2019s hold on our political system.<\/p>\n

First, on Sunday, Duke Energy and Dominion Energy\u2014enormous Southeast utilities\u2014announced that they were scrapping<\/a> plans for the Atlantic Coast natural-gas pipeline, despite having invested $3.4 billion in the project.<\/p>\n

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On Monday came the news that a federal court had ruled in favor<\/a> of the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes, who have been fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline<\/a>. In this case, the pipeline has already been built, and is carrying oil. Stunningly, the court said that Energy Transfer, the company that developed the pipeline, has to shut it down and drain the crude within the next thirty days\u2014an unprecedented blow.<\/p>\n

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Then, on Monday night, the Supreme Court let that Montana ruling on Keystone XL stand, meaning that the project can\u2019t be built until much of the litigation is settled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo Caption\/Credit;\u00a0 On Monday, news came of an unprecedented federal court ruling in favor of the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes, who have been fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline.<\/span>Photograph by Stephanie Keith \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

FULL ARTICLE HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

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