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Tuesday, 11 October 2016

Dakota Access Pipeline To Resume Construction Of Controversial Project

The Associated Press is reporting the company building the four-state Dakota Access pipeline says it will resume construction on private land near Lake Oahe in North Dakota, site of protests supporting tribal right that continued unabated for months. The statement from Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners comes in the wake of a federal appeals court ruling Sunday allowing construction to resume within 20 miles of the lake. The $3.8 million, 1,200-mile pipeline is otherwise largely complete. The...

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