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Standing Rock chair: Pipeline off treaty lands is OK, but climate change is the bigger issue

Standing Rock chair: Pipeline off treaty lands is OK, but climate change is the bigger issue

"If for the first time this nation can listen and hear us, they'll understand that this is about climate change," Standing Rock Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault said of the Dakota Access oil pipeline protest.
by Tom Crann and Cody Nelson

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Dakota Access pipeline company fighting small state fine

The company building the four-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline is fighting an effort by North Dakota regulators to fine it $15,000.
by Associated Press

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Pipeline decision marks victory in tribal effort to protect sacred sites

Pipeline decision marks victory in tribal effort to protect sacred sites

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision earlier this week to block construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under the Missouri River signals Indian tribes' greater voice in off-reservation infrastructure projects.
by Dan Kraker

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Dakota Access builder: Corps bowed to politics in halting pipeline

The company is telling a judge that it has the permission it needs to complete the final link of the pipeline route under the Missouri River in North Dakota.
by Tim Nelson

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With Dakota Access pipeline halted, what happens now?

With Dakota Access pipeline halted, what happens now?

Energy Transfer Partners says the Dakota Access pipeline is mostly complete, except for the now-blocked segment near Lake Oahe. The Army Corps of Engineers said Sunday it needs to consider alternate routes. What will that mean for the pipeline's path?
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Al Gore meets with Donald and Ivanka Trump in search for 'common ground'

Al Gore meets with Donald and Ivanka Trump in search for 'common ground'

Gore has spent decades warning about the dire consequences of unchecked, man-made climate change, while Trump regularly called climate change "a hoax" during the campaign.
by Don Gonyea

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Trump not saying what he'll do about Dakota Access pipeline

Trump not saying what he'll do about Dakota Access pipeline

Industry leaders are urging President-elect Donald Trump to make approval of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline a "top priority" when he takes office next month.
by Associated Press

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