07-07-2017 04:05 via alaskapublic.org

What enviros won by losing the pipeline battle

Attorney Jim Moorman and his dog, Ginger. He filed the lawsuit that forced the oil companies to design a better pipeline. The case also showed a brand new environmental law had teeth.In the late 1960s, the oil companies knew they needed a pipeline to get Prudhoe Bay oil to market, and they needed the U.S. government to grant permits. But just as this was happening, the environmental movement was taking hold in America. With the pipeline turning 40, we look back at how Bi
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