Researcher Behind Fossil Fuel Lawsuits Shifts Stance on Pipeline Opposition

Peter Erickson, whose research has been cited in major pipeline litigation, is reconsidering the strategy of fighting fossil fuel infrastructure after finding the legal battles can paradoxically benefit the oil and gas industry.

First covered Oct 16, 2026 · 2:00 AM PT · 2 articles · no longer in the live window

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Coverage

26d Heatmap News Should Climate Activists Keep Fighting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure? — No researcher has been more cited in lawsuits against fossil fuel infrastructure than Peter Erickson .

26d Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins) Should Climate Activists Keep Fighting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure? — No researcher has been more cited in lawsuits against fossil fuel infrastructure than Peter Erickson .

Primary sources

nature.com Limiting fossil fuel production as the next big step in climate policy - Nature Climate Change — cited by 2 of the outlets above

link.springer.com Would constraining US fossil fuel production affect global CO2 emissions? A case study of US leasing policy - Climatic Change — cited by 2 of the outlets above

iopscience.iop.org Radware Bot Manager Captcha — cited by 2 of the outlets above

More coverage from around the web

policyintegrity.org Peter A. Erickson ꞏ Direct Testimony ꞏ Page 1 of 47 ꞏ Case No. U-20763 1 I.

sei.org Q&A with SEI's Peter Erickson: "There is something for everyone to like" in new US climate law

carleton.edu Peter Erickson ’98 Makes The Case For Slowing Oil And Gas Production Increases

earthjustice.org Inside the 'Climate Test' - Earthjustice

sei.org SEI researcher testifies at US congressional hearing on fossil fuel subsidies

Appeared in: 2026-10-16 (#10) · 2026-10-17 (#9) · 2026-10-18 (#16)

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