After years of failing to stop pipeline projects around the nation through normal regulatory processes, some opposition groups to oil and gas have become radicalized. They have crossed the line from peaceful, acceptable protests to sabotaging pipelines and their funding. This report discusses their recent efforts to target private banks to force the banks into breaching their existing contractual obligations to fund pipeline construction. These tactics are unlawful, and, as this report explains, tort law is available for holding people accountable when they tortiously interfere with such valid contractual relations.
Read Full Article »
