Climate Justice Now: Pipeline Resistance and the Fight for Our Future

Stakeholder Entity Key Metric / Standard Financial Cost of Delay Colonial Pipeline Corp. / Investors Est. $1.2M – $2.5M per day in idle contract fees Historical Spill Volume Huntersville, NC Community (2020) 2.01 million gallons of gasoline released (PH MSA) Sovereign Legal Standard Indigenous Nations UND RIP Article 32 (Free, Prior, and Informed Consent) Global Emission Target Global Public / Climate Activists Net Zero by 2050 pathway requiring 0% new fossil infrastructure (IEA) Legal, Regulatory, and Law Enforcement Dynamics The direct action has placed local law enforcement and state regulatory agencies in a complex legal position. In recent years, several state legislatures have passed “critical infrastructure protection laws,” which elevate trespassing on pipeline easements from misdemeanor offenses to high-level felonies. Civil liberties organizations, including the Center for Constitutional Rights, argue these statutes are unconstitutional infringements on First …