PIPELINES: Dakota Access pipeline protests draw scrutiny to a federal fast-track approval process; a 2013 project in Illinois raised similar questions. (Greenwire, Midwest Energy News archive)
CLIMATE:
• Scientists warn the next three years will be our “last chance” to keep global warming at safe levels. (InsideClimate News)
• A Chicago event explores the nexus between energy and water issues. (Medill Reports)
COMMENTARY: “The Dakota and Lakota of the Standing Rock tribe would hardly be the first American Indians to pay the price for white people who want to move environmental hazards out of sight, out of mind and out of their water faucets.” (New York Times)