Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/author/asisk/page/5/)
Construction on key parts of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline is on hold after the federal government stepped in Friday. The decision is a victory for the thousands of people who have gathered in North Dakota in recent weeks to protest the $3.7 billion pipeline.
On Thursday, the governor of North Dakota called in the National Guard to assist law enforcement with anticipated protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has been charged with criminal trespass and criminal mischief for actions taken during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota on Tuesday.
A federal judge has temporarily halted construction on part of a massive oil pipeline in North Dakota.
A battle over a major new oil pipeline is gaining momentum on the ground while it plays out in court. It’s drawing hundreds of Native Americans from tribes throughout the United States to rural North Dakota. They’re hoping to prevent the pipeline from going under the Missouri River next to an Indian reservation.
The coal industry’s hurting from West Virginia to Wyoming. But there’s a holdout on the Northern Plains, where coal’s alive and well. North Dakota burns lignite, a different type of coal than the rest of the country. But even the industry there feels mounting pressure.
Oil tycoon Harold Hamm told the Republican National Convention that Trump will make America energy independent.
