Question
Greenpeace was ordered to pay millions in civil damages for defamation to the owners of this structure, which transports material eastward from the Bakken shale formation to a terminus in Patoka, Illinois. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this much-protested structure, which has been in operation since 2017. It goes under Lake Oahe (“oh-WAH-hee”), the source of water for the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
ANSWER: Dakota Access Pipeline [or DAPL; accept #NoDAPL]
[10e] Oil from DAPL is rerouted to a pipeline ending in this largest of the states along the Gulf of Mexico.
ANSWER: Texas [accept TX]
[10h] Enbridge, a co-owner of DAPL, also runs an Express Pipeline that moves crude oil from Alberta to this small U.S. city. Dick Cheney attended high school in this seat of Natrona County, an industry hub about 40 miles south of the Salt Creek Oil Fields.
ANSWER: Casper, Wyoming
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Summary
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