Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners is building the .8 billion pipeline, which crosses through North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners is building the .8 billion pipeline, which crosses through North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. Hundreds of people gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday to protest against climate change and show support for activists demonstrating against the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota. Several Hollywood stars, including Mark Ruffalo and Susan Sarandon, were among the more than 800 people who attended the climate rally in MacArthur Park. In North Dakota, more than 80 protesters were arrested on Saturday after clashing with police near a pipeline construction site, according to the local sheriff’s department, which pepper sprayed demonstrators.

Source: Indian Express October 24, 2016 01:59 UTC