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South Dakota County Secures More Jail Cells to Prepare for KXL Pipeline Protests

South Dakota County Secures More Jail Cells to Prepare for KXL Pipeline Protests

Officials from a South Dakota county secured more jail cells to prepare for potential protests of the controversial Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline, the Black Hills Pioneer reported. Last month, the Butte County Commission in South Dakota approved an agreement to use Faulk County jails for $85 per day per detainee, should the demonstrations go ahead […]

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    South Dakota County Secures More Jail Cells to Prepare for KXL Pipeline Protests

    South Dakota County Secures More Jail Cells to Prepare for KXL Pipeline Protests

    Officials from a South Dakota county secured more jail cells to prepare for potential protests of the controversial Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline, the Black Hills Pioneer reported. Last month, the Butte County Commission in South Dakota approved an agreement to use Faulk County jails for $85 per day per detainee, should the demonstrations go ahead […]

    KXL Pipeline Developer Plans to Start Construction in 2019

    KXL Pipeline Developer Plans to Start Construction in 2019

    Construction on the long-delayed Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline is planned for 2019, developer TransCanada said Monday. “Keystone XL has undergone years of extensive environmental review by federal and state regulators,” TransCanada spokesman Matthew John told Omaha World-Herald. “All of these evaluations show that Keystone XL can be built safely and with minimal impact to the […]

    4 U.S. States With 30+ Percent Wind Power

    4 U.S. States With 30+ Percent Wind Power

    Four U.S. states generated 30 to 37 percent of their energy from wind power in 2017. That’s just one of the findings of the Department of Energy (DOE)’s annual Wind Technologies Market Report, released August 22. Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota were the leaders in terms of how much wind contributed to their state’s […]

    Keystone Pipeline Permit Could Be Revoked After Last Week’s 210,000-Gallon Spill

    Keystone Pipeline Permit Could Be Revoked After Last Week’s 210,000-Gallon Spill

    TransCanada’s permit to operate its Keystone tar sands pipeline in South Dakota could be revoked if an investigation into last week’s 210,000-gallon leak determines that the pipeline operator violated its license, Reuters reported. State regulators expressed concern that the Nov. 16 spill in Marshall County was not the first from the controversial pipeline. “This is […]

    Koch Brothers Wage War ‘to Buy South Dakota’s Future’

    Koch Brothers Wage War ‘to Buy South Dakota’s Future’

    By Lauren McCauley A state ballot measure seeking to end political corruption has won the ire of the billionaire Koch Brothers, who have relied on secret donations to conservative interest groups to influence elections coast to coast. The notorious Charles and David Koch own Koch Industries and are major benefactors for organizations and candidates involved […]