Across the United States, fossil fuel-backed anti-protest laws are reshaping the rights to protest and to free speech. 14 states have based new laws, and are passing through statehouses in several more states, including six different bills in Minnesota, the only state with a big pipeline fight this year: Line 3. Researcher Connor Gibson joins to talk us through how this all started and where it's at.

Additional resources:
States Quietly Pass Laws Criminalizing Fossil Fuel Protests Amid Coronavirus Chaos
4 More States Propose Harsh New Penalties For Protesting Fossil Fuels
Increasing penalties for damaging energy infrastructure
A refinery lobbyist told Kansas legislators that his anti-protest bill has "nothing to do with protest"

 

 

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