June 8, 2016 archive

Despite Protests, Iowa Approves Bakken Oil Pipeline

  The Iowa Utilities Board voted this week to give the green light for a subsidiary of Dallas-based Energy transfer Partners to begin work in the state as part of a nearly $4 billion pipeline to carry Bakken oil from North Dakota to Illinois. The vote was 2-1 on the three member board in favor …

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Protesters Attempt to Block Natural Gas Pipeline Construction

Developers of a natural gas pipeline in Vermont say the protest that resulted in the arrests of five people this week didn’t impact their work plans. Dozens protested in Williston at the site where Vermont Gas is building an extension of the transmission network 41 miles from Colchester to Middlebury. One woman locked herself to …

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