Judge rejects motion to restrict Iowa pipeline protesters
BPC Staff Aug 31, 2016 | 4:13 pm
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72 wordsAll Latest News, Business Community Events, EnergyDes Moines Register: A federal judge’s ruling Tuesday means protests aimed at halting the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline project apparently will proceed today in rural Boone County. Ed Fallon, a leader of Bold Iowa, one of the anti-pipeline groups, said he anticipates 50 to 100 people will participate in the protests in the Pilot Mound area, and about 20 activists will risk arrest in an effort to halt the pipeline project.