Infrastructure

Louisiana Law Turning Pipeline Protests Into Felonies Violates Constitution, New Lawsuit Alleges

A lawsuit filed today in federal court in Louisiana challenges the state’s “critical infrastructure” law, used to press felony charges against fossil fuel pipeline construction opponents, as unconstitutional. The Louisiana law went into effect in August 2018 and was immediately used against opponents of Energy Transfer’s Bayou Bridge oil pipeline. Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois are among the …


Judge Halts Developer in Fishkill Flooding Lawsuit

The developers of a seven-home subdivision in the Town of Fishkill have been ordered to halt further work on drainage infrastructure that one of its neighbors says caused flooding on its property. State Supreme Court Judge Christine Sproat on May 17 granted the East Hook Sportsmen Association’s request for a preliminary …