09.14.2016 - By Inside Energy
What started as a small protest in North Dakota over a pipeline has turned into a national fight. The Dakota Access Pipeline would carry oil over a thousand miles from North Dakota to Illinois. Protests started in April with a handful of members from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe But on Tuesday, thousands of people joined solidarity protests in cities across the country to oppose the pipeline. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson starts us off in Denver.