MAIN Coalition Members and Advisors Release Statement on Administration’s Decision Not to Issue Final Easement

Following the Obama Administration’s decision to not grant an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline at Lake Oahe, MAIN Coalition members and advisors issued the following statements: Coalition Advisors Ret. Major General James “Spider” Marks “Today’s decision by the Obama Administration to deny the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline is a politically motivated action with a…

Local Economies Flourish As Pipeline Construction Nears End

A new column co-authored by Ed Wiederstein, chairman of the MAIN Coalition, and Bill Gerhard, president of the Iowa State Building & Construction Trades Council, makes it abundantly clear that the Dakota Access Pipeline is benefiting the Iowa economy. “Throughout Iowa work continues on the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, and already the long-touted…

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MAIN Coalition Members Speak Out on USACE Indecision

In light of yesterday’s announcement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, MAIN Coalition Members and Advisors spoke out on the decision to further delay the state-of-the-art Dakota Access Pipeline: James “Spider” Marks, Major General (US Army retired), President of The Marks Collective “The announcement today will lead to weeks of increasingly dangerous confrontations between…

Editorial Roundup Reveals Support for Dakota Access, Army Corps

Editorial Roundup Reveals Support for Dakota Access, Army Corps

  This week, MAIN Coalition Chairman Ed Wiederstein and Andy Peterson, president and CEO of the Greater North Dakota Chamber—a member of the MAIN Coalition—had a series of thoughtful opinion pieces published in a collection of media outlets across the Midwest. Wiederstein and Peterson, both respected leaders in our local business and agricultural communities, made…

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Wiederstein: Allow U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Complete Their Duties

  MAIN Coalition Chairman Ed Wiederstein published a compelling opinion piece in the Des Moines Register over the weekend urging President Obama to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fulfill their duties in reviewing the Dakota Access Pipeline. Days earlier, Wiederstein, along with other coalition members sent a letter to the White House…

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IUB Meeting Yields No Results, Frustration Mounts

  Yesterday, the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) further delayed issuing a construction permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline after convening for several hours to discuss the matter. “The board’s lawyers told regulators Monday that Dakota Access, a unit of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, is in substantial compliance with most of the conditions,” noted the Des Moines Register’s Bill Petroski in an…

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