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Activists Have A New Strategy To Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights

Oil and gas pipeline opponents have a new legal strategy. They're encouraging states to exercise rights granted in the Clean Water Act to stop new pipeline construction.
Environmentalists in Medford, Ore. protest the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas project. Protesters wore masks because pollution from wildfires in the region.

Environmental activists are using a new strategy to block construction of oil and gas pipelines. It already has worked in New York where construction on the Constitution Pipeline has stalled. Now activists are trying the strategy in Oregon.

The proposed project includes a pipeline that would transport natural gas across the Cascades mountain range to the Oregon coast. There it would

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