Pipeline controversies linger amid possible compromises
Pipeline controversies linger amid possible compromises By Bill Knight President Biden recently declined to shut down the controversial Dakota Access pipeline while an Army Corps of Engineers review continues, a setback for dozens of Democrats who urged the shutdown, plus environmental and Native American groups that for years have fought the 1,200-mile underground project bringing oil from the Dakotas to Illinois – and threatening the Missouri/Mississippi River. It’s part of the Bakken Pipeline System planned to deliver oil to a Patoka, Illlinois hub and the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pip...