The state’s decision is the pipeline’s last regulatory hurdle. Next stop: the courts.
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Virginia’s Power Broker
A legislative power grab and a controversial pipeline project have drawn new scrutiny of Dominion Energy.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Dakota Access Pipeline Fight May Open New Chapter of Indian-Federal Conflict
The president’s signature on an executive order could reignite the clashes between Native Americans and their supporters—and their historic adversaries.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Showdown at Standing Stone Camp
The Dakota Access Pipeline battle is just the tip of the iceberg. Across North America, a reinvigorated Native sovereignty movement is flexing its muscles—and racking up victories.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Boston Neighborhood Battles Pipeline Project
Plans for a natural gas pipeline in a densely populated Boston neighborhood have triggered protests and raised questions about secretive corporate decision making.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
U.S. Pipeline Industry Quietly Building Network That ‘Dwarfs Keystone’
One pipeline is nothing compare to what’s in store.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Slow and Steady Wins the Anti-Keystone XL Race
The southern end of the tar-sands pipeline is mostly completed, but the opposition is just getting started.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore, Keystone
Why did the tar-sands pipeline become the hot issue in a Massachusetts primary election thousands of miles away from where it might be built?
Posted inWorking in America
The Keystone Fight’s Labor Pains
The battle over the tar sands pipeline among unions has been XL on drama.
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A Voice for Climate, 40,000 Strong
Environmentalists take to the National Mall to demand Obama pull the plug on Keystone XL.