Over the course of the next two months regulators in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Illinois will hear from Energy Transfer representatives, unions, and community members on the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) Optimization plan. The plan, submitted by DAPL owner Energy Transfer, intends to double the throughput of DAPL to 1.1 million barrels a […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week asked a D.C. federal judge to grant summary judgement in the Standing Rock Sioux and three other tribes’ challenge to the Dakota Access Pipeline, arguing it sufficiently consulted the tribes and performed the environmental review that the court demanded, Law360 reports. Despite DAPL’s safe operation for more […]

The Texas Tribune’s TribTalk published an opinion editorial by former chairman of the Texas House Energy Resources Committee Jim Keffer where he discusses the importance of investing in energy infrastructure and eliminating “senseless barriers to energy pipeline development.”  In his experience in the Texas Legislature, Keffer made it a priority to promote energy independence through […]