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The Next Standing Rocks: 4,800 Miles of Oil Pipelines Planned Under Trump

A high-stakes battle is underway on multiple front lines across America, as Native American and climate change activists square off against oil and pipeline companies racing to lay as much infrastructure into the ground as quickly as possible.

The U.S. oil industry is enjoying a surge in production, which has shot up 86 percent since 2008. Unshackled by Congress and enabled by the most oil-friendly president in decades, the industry aims to transform the American landscape with tens of billions of dollars in new pipelines, storage depots, and export terminals.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/22/the-next-standing-rocks-4800-miles-of-oil-pipelines-planned-under-trump

 

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