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An organizer of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline says he believes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to close land to demonstrators will escalate tensions. Dallas Goldtooth is a protest organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network.
John Hoeven ND senators tell pipeline protesters to vacate camp ND Republicans demand Obama approve Dakota Access pipeline Confirm Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl for the Eighth Circuit MORE Heidi Heitkamp ND senators tell pipeline protesters to vacate camp Trump's new weapon? The bully pulpit Confirm Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl for the Eighth Circuit MORE are calling on protesters to leave federal lands where they have been encamped to demonstrate against the Dakota Access Pipeline. "The well-being and property of ranchers, farmers and everyone else living in the region should not be threatened by protesters who are willing to commit acts of violence," Hoeven said in a statement on Friday, according to the Associated Press .
In this Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, file photo, Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren reviews documents at his office in Dallas on the Dakota Access oil pipeline that is mired in controversy after thousand of protestors have sought to block its expansion underneath a water source close to the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation in North Dakota. President-elect Donald Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and pipeline opponents warn that Trump's investments could undercut any decision he makes on the $3.8 billion project as president.
A U.S. senator from North Dakota says the Army Corps of Engineers and Minnesota regulators should find creative ways to solve a dispute over a planned Red River diversion around the Fargo area. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Monday rejected a permit application by the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority for construction of an upstream dam to hold back water in times of serious flooding.
In what looks to be a possible sequel to the Keystone XL Pipeline dispute, another fight has begun over a proposed US oil route. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has sued the federal government, saying the Native American tribe was not properly consulted over the project to construct a 1,168-mile crude oil pipeline that extends over four states.
An Air Force installation in North Dakota has been trying to find its niche since its mission was changed a few years ago from refueling tankers to unmanned aircraft. Its focus might one day be at the top of the world.
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker met privately with Donald Trump for a second time Tuesday and then joined the presumptive GOP presidential candidate at a campaign rally in North Carolina amid speculation that Trump is close to picking his vice presidential running mate. "I wasn't going to say anything - I just came to visit," Corker told the cheering crowd as he strolled onto the stage alongside Trump at the campaign event in Raleigh.
Senators John Hoeven, R-ND, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-ND, Thursday joined a bipartisan group of 10 senators, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., in urging the Department of Defense to replace the Vietnam-era UH-1N helicopters as soon as possible. While these helicopters are responsible for protecting the nation's intercontinental ballistic missile fleet, including those located around Minot Air Force Base, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command has deemed them insufficient for addressing current threats to our national security.