American Petroleum Institute

Fossil Fuel Industry Lobbied Against Pipeline Cybersecurity Regulations

By Donald Shaw,

Published on May 20, 2021   —   1 min read

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A woman fills gas cans at a Speedway gas station on May 12, 2021 in Benson, North Carolina. Most stations in the area along I-95 are without fuel following the Colonial Pipeline hack. The 5,500 mile long pipeline delivers a large percentage of fuel on the East Coast from Texas up to New York.

Summary

In the years before the Colonial Pipeline incident, the company’s trade group lobbied the government against mandatory cybersecurity regulations.

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