- Court lifts injunction blocking Keystone XL oil pipeline
An appeals court has lifted a judge's injunction that blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S., but the developer has said it's too late to begin work this year and environmental groups vowed to keep fighting it.June 7, 2019 - MN court says PUC didn't weigh oil spill impact in Line 3 pipeline decision
In a victory for Line 3 opponents, the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday reversed the state Public Utilities Commission's approval of the Line 3 environmental review, saying it didn't address the potential impact of an oil spill into the Lake Superior watershed.June 3, 2019 - Lyon County official says man admits shooting pipeline, causing diesel spill
Officials in Lyon County say a man has admitted to firing shots at a pipeline that ruptured there, spilling diesel fuel.April 26, 2019 - State regulators issue final approval for Line 3 oil pipeline project
Minnesota utility regulators have granted their final approval to the contentious Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project.March 26, 2019 - Minnesota communities disappointed after pipeline delays
Enbridge announced earlier this month that construction of its Line 3 oil pipeline will be delayed until the second half of next year, leaving local communities like Hallock disappointed.March 15, 2019 - Tribe says Army Corps' Dakota Access pipeline findings preordained
The Native American tribe leading the fight against the Dakota Access oil pipeline said Thursday that an Army Corps of Engineers document shows the agency concluded the pipeline won't unfairly affect tribes before it consulted them.February 28, 2019 - What's driving low gas prices? A global oil glut
Gasoline prices have been dropping steadily for months; they're averaging right around $2.25 per gallon nationally. Enjoy, but don't get used to them, analysts say.January 17, 2019 - Dakota Access pipeline developer slow to replace some trees
The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline missed a year-end deadline to plant thousands of trees along the pipeline corridor in North Dakota, but the company said it was still complying with a recent settlement.January 2, 2019 - State legislators, Line 3 foes seek seat on body that approved pipeline
An open seat on the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is drawing interest from several notable applicants, including current and former state legislators and two leading critics of Enbridge Energy's planned Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement, a project approved by the PUC earlier this year.December 3, 2018 - Two years after Standing Rock protests, tensions remain but oil business booms
Legal battles and local tensions persist two years after the North Dakota prairie was filled with thousands of indigenous and environmental protesters opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline.November 29, 2018 - After struggles, North Dakota grows into its ongoing oil boom
The U.S. recently became the world's biggest producer of crude oil. The ongoing oil boom has transformed Great Plains towns like Watford City, North Dakota.November 23, 2018 - Climate change slows oil company plan to drill in the Arctic
Development of the first oil production facility in federal Arctic waters will take longer than planned. That's because warming temperatures are melting the sea ice needed to build it.November 21, 2018 - North Dakota sues Dakota Access over farmland ownership
North Dakota's attorney general is suing the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline over agricultural land the company owns in violation of a state law banning large corporations from owning farmland.July 10, 2018 - ND oil pipeline plan could be scrapped
A Colorado company says its proposed $650 million pipeline that would move 150,000 barrels of North Dakota crude daily to a hub in Minnesota is at risk of being scrapped due to a dispute with Enbridge Energy over the use of its pipleine network.May 31, 2012 - Excess ethanol in mixture prompts gasoline recall
A fuel distribution company is recalling gasoline from 21 communities in southern Minnesota because too much ethanol was mixed in with the gas.October 12, 2011
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