Oil is now flowing in the Dakota Access Pipeline. For proponents of the pipeline, a 1,872-mile crude oil transport system stretching from North Dakota to Illinois, it’s a day to celebrate American energy independence. But for many, including the thousands of people who descended on South Dakota to oppose the construction, it is a gutting loss after a long fight. Meet the people who battled against DAPL during the coldest winter months.
Full operations are underway on the Dakota Access Pipeline. The 1,872-mile crude oil transport system became a symbol of the fight over American climate policy when members of the Sioux tribe opposed the construction and set up camp at Standing Rock. We look back on the the fight against the pipeline during the coldest months of North Dakota winter.
