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Victory at Standing Rock reflects a failure of US energy and climate policy

  • Written by Scott L. Montgomery, Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
imageGatherers in Cannon Ball, North Dakota celebrate news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline. AP Photo/David Goldman

The protesters have won. On Sunday, Dec. 4, swayed by possible violence over the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota, the Obama administration declared a new route mu...

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