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Rivers of Oil, Episode 4: The rallying cry

Rivers of Oil, Episode 4: The rallying cry

In the early 2000s, the Keystone XL oil pipeline became one of the most powerful symbols in the fight against climate change. And since then, it's not just local landowners fighting pipelines in their backyards anymore. It's environmental groups, Native Americans tribes, farmers and ranchers, and a crucial addition to the alliance -- climate change activists. But how did it begin?
by Julie Siple, Bill Wareham, Dan Kraker and Cody Nelson

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Rivers of Oil, Episode 3: The spark that ignited fires

Rivers of Oil, Episode 3: The spark that ignited fires

Pipelines have become a potent issue for Native American and indigenous people, who are fighting them across North America. Part of the fight is over culture and identity. But it also involves a messy history of land and treaties, and a long, complicated -- and often adversarial -- relationship with the U.S. government.
by Julie Siple, Bill Wareham, Dan Kraker and Cody Nelson

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Regulators focus on need for new pipeline as decision looms

Regulators focus on need for new pipeline as decision looms

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission worked through questions of Enbridge Energy and opponents of the Line 3 oil pipeline project on Tuesday, hinting that it might take them longer than expected to discuss the matter.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Rivers of Oil podcast, Episode 1: Pipes

Rivers of Oil podcast, Episode 1: Pipes

Pipelines are everywhere, 2.5 million miles of them, forming a web under our feet, our rivers, our roads. And today, nearly every time a new pipeline is proposed, it's met with protest. Now, the battle over those pipelines -- with all its costs and its chaos -- looks to be headed for Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker, Julie Siple, Cody Nelson and Bill Wareham

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Minnesota's Line 3 oil pipeline proposal: The basics

Minnesota's Line 3 oil pipeline proposal: The basics

If you follow the news at all, you've probably heard about an oil pipeline proposal called Line 3. Another boring infrastructure project? Think again.
by Dan Kraker and Cody Nelson

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Did you vote last night on Township Day? Didn't think so

Did you vote last night on Township Day? Didn't think so

Minnesota has nearly 1,800 townships. And by law, every one of them has to hold a public meeting on the second Tuesday of March, every year. It's called Township Day, and it happened Tuesday night.
by John Enger

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Hoping to ease tribal homelessness, Leech Lake band takes back its land

Hoping to ease tribal homelessness, Leech Lake band takes back its land

The band is retaking control of hundreds of lakeshore lots it owns and leases in northern Minnesota. That's forcing cabin owners to move their structures or sell them to band members.
by John Enger

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