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May 21, 2026
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A decade after Standing Rock protests, contentious segment of Dakota Access oil pipeline gets OK
Original article ↗B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
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ML v2 (DistilBERT)
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0.500 · CENTER RIGHT
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Article Excerpt
By Jack Dura BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday gave final approval for the Dakota Access oil pipeline to continue operating its contentious Missouri River crossing, an outcome that comes nearly a decade after boisterous protests against the project on the North Dakota prairie. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant the key easement means the pipeline will keep operating but with added conditions for detecting leaks and monitoring groundwater, among others. The announcement brings an end to a drawn-out legal and regulatory saga stemming from the protests in 2016 a…
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