Dakota Access Pipeline

Brenda Ruggiero - Thu September 29, 2016

Pipeline Projects Abound, But Not All Are Proceeding Full Steam Ahead

The United States has the largest network of energy pipelines in the world, with more than 2.5 million mi. (4 million km) of pipe, according to Pipeline101.com. They can be designed for everything from natural gas, gasoline, home heating oil and crude oil....

Wed September 14, 2016

Dakota Access CEO: We're Committed to Finishing Project

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The head of a Texas company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline told employees Tuesday that it is committed to the project despite strong opposition and a federal order to voluntarily halt construction near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota....

Mon September 12, 2016

Obama Takes 'Unprecedented' Action on Dakota Access Project

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux's effort to block a four-state oil pipeline got a lifeline when the federal government temporarily stopped the project, a move some say likely may forever change the way all energy infrastructure projects are reviewed in the future....

Fri September 09, 2016

North Dakota Tribe's Request to Stop Work on Pipeline Denied

NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux tribe's attempt to halt construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline near its North Dakota reservation failed in federal court Friday, but three federal agencies asked the pipeline company to "voluntarily pause" work on a segment that tribal officials say holds sacred sites and artifacts....

Thu September 08, 2016

Green Party's Jill Stein Charged in N. Dakota Pipeline Protest

A North Dakota judge issued a warrant Wednesday for the arrest of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who is accused of spray-painting construction equipment during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline....

Tue September 06, 2016

Plug Pulled on Sandpiper Pipeline Project

The website EcoWatch is reporting that Enbridge and the North Dakota Pipeline Company submitted a petition Thursday to Withdraw their Public Utilities Commission application for the Sandpiper Pipeline Project....

Thu September 01, 2016

Protestors Try to Thwart Dakota Access Pipeline Work Again

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Arrests have been made in North Dakota and Iowa during protests against the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Authorities cut free a man who bound himself to construction equipment and arrested at least two protesters Wednesday during a rally near Highway 6 outside St....

Cindy Riley - Fri August 26, 2016

$3.7B Dakota Access Pipeline to Create Thousands of Local Construction Jobs

Across a spattering of states, crews are working on a more than 1,170-mi. (1,882 km) 30-in. (76.2 cm) diameter pipeline that, when complete, will transport crude oil from the North Dakota Bakken region through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois....

Wed August 17, 2016

Protesters Stall Work on Dakota Access Pipeline

Work stopped Tuesday and possibly Wednesday at the site where hundreds of Standing Rock Sioux tribal members and supporters are protesting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the reservation boundary....