Too often, national or top-down strategies undervalue the impact of place-based work, but this report provides the data and evidence for what Equation Campaign has known all along: that some of the most effective climate mitigation work is happening in, and led by, the communities most harmed by the climate crisis and the fossil fuel expansion that's driving it.

This dirty deal is a heartbreaking homage to the phenomenal coalition that fought the pipeline for 10 years. After a decade of sharp, dedicated, and loving resistance, it took what many describe as an unconstitutional act of Congress to complete it. As we grieve the ongoing desecration of land, the environmental injustice, and the victory of corporate power over life itself, we must raise and honor the successes the movement achieved.