What’s Happening

IUB Public Hearing: A win for farmers, landowners and community members

Members of the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition, representing its partner organizations from across Iowa, joined together November 12th at the Iowa Utilities Board public hearing in Boone. Farmers, landowners, and concerned citizens called on the Iowa Utilities Board to reject the proposed Bakken Pipeline. Their reasons ranged from protecting landowners’ rights to avoiding catastrophic spills to combatting climate change. 140 Iowans […]

Bakken Pipeline May Damage Soil Conditions for Generations

Dr. Fenton, Professor Emeritus of Agronomy at Iowa State University has outlined the risks a project such as the proposed Bakken Pipeline subjects soils to. To read Dr. Fenton’s full analysis, go here. To read a shortened version of the report, click here. The following article by Austin Harrington was originally published in the Ames Tribune on October 3rd, 2015. […]

Cutting Through Iowa

  18 counties… The proposed route for the Energy Transfer Partners Bakken Pipeline would cut through the entire state of Iowa. Support our work to help stop the proposed Bakken Pipeline. We’re working to change the conversation in all 18 counties along the pipeline route – and beyond! We’re placing ads in key areas along the proposed pipeline route to let folks […]

How $5 Can Help Stop the Pipeline

A simple newspaper ad can help stop the proposed Bakken Pipeline. Can you contribute $5, $25, or more to help place ads? Many landowners are under intense pressure to sign easements; it is essential that landowners and communities know they are not alone and that the Bakken PipelineResistance Coalition is working hard to support them. Click here to help place ads in […]

The Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition Making a Stand

Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition calls on Iowa Utilities Board to halt Bakken pipeline permitting process until application is complete: Iowa Utilities Board Utilities Regulation Engineer, Jeffrey O’Neal, has filed a 14 page letter detailing deficiencies in the engineered design of the proposed Bakken Pipeline, outlined in Dakota Access LLC’s petition for a permit to construct the pipeline.   Opponents of […]

Voices Against the Pipeline – Resistance to Pipelines, Not Just in Iowa

The following is a letter to the editor we have received here at the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition authored by Brenda Brink. Her letter shares her experience of participating in the Midwest Tar Sands Resistance March in St. Paul, Minnesota: Dear Editor: The recent 5000-strong Midwest Tar Sands Resistance March in St. Paul on June 6 confirms what many Iowans think-  the […]

Iowa Utilities Board Pipeline Hearing Date Scheduled

The following article was originally published by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. You can view the original post here: http://iowacci.org/in-the-news/iub-sets-schedule-for-bakken-pipeline-hearing/.  IUB SETS SCHEDULE FOR BAKKEN PIPELINE HEARING This document, uploaded to the Iowa Utilities Board’s online docket, contains more details on the schedule for the public hearing on the proposed Bakken Pipeline. Procedural Schedule for proposed Bakken Pipeline Some important takeaways […]

Voices Against the Pipeline: Destroying History, An Archaeological Perspective

Since the conception of the Bakken Pipelines potential path through Iowa, the Iowa Utilities Board has been receiving many comments from landowners, community members, and many other Iowans, most of which are angry and confused by the proposal. Last week, a particularly interesting comment was submitted. John Doershuk, the State Archaeologist and Director in Iowa, stated that the construction of […]

Voices Against the Pipeline: Iowans Speaking Out

“Iowans do what’s best for others in their communities. The use of eminent domain for this pipeline does the opposite. This pipeline is good for Energy Transfer Partners, and bad for Iowans. Senator Gronstal, bring Senate File 506 to a vote before the damage has been done.” Local Iowan Kathy Holdefer spoke candidly toward Michael Gronstal, the Senate Majority Leader during the […]

BPRC to host press conference on Wednesday, May 20th regarding eminent domain legislation

DES MOINES – Iowa farmland owners and representatives from some of the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition’s 27 organizations will speak on Wednesday, May 20th, at 10 a.m. about Senate File 506 , which would protect landowners from eminent domain abuses associated with the proposed Bakken Pipeline. The Coalition will call upon Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal (D) to bring SF506 […]