The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Boston Judge Acquits 13 Pipeline Protesters in Groundbreaking Decision
The judge made the decision after hearing each defendant's testimony. They argued the threat of climate change necessitated their civil disobedience.
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Declared "Heroes," Montrose 9 Sentenced for Blocking Spectra Pipeline Construction
The defendants' argument hinges on the interpretation of “imminent danger” – in this case, proving that the pipeline construction blockade was necessary to prevent a disaster far more harmful to the public's interest than lost corporate profit.
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Is Fracking About to Arrive on Your Doorstep?
U.S. Energy Information Administration maps show landscapes so densely veined by gas pipelines – more than 350,000 miles of them run through the country – that they look like smashed windshields. The methane madness has to stop.
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How a Community Bill of Rights Is Empowering People Against Corporations
The public interest law firm Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund has coined the term “Community Bill of Rights,” setting standards at the municipal and county levels to privilege environment and health over corporate profit.
