Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline held four demonstrations in Iowa. They were part of a nationwide series of protests against the 12-hundred mile long project. Matt Ohloff, with Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, spoke at an afternoon rally in downtown Des Moines.
The pipeline company has asked for a court order allowing it to run the pipeline under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, after the Army Corps of Engineers said Monday it needed more time to study the issue. Iowa is one of four states on the pipeline route. Heather Pearson is a landowner in western Iowa who joined the rally outside the federal building in Des Moines.
Protests were held this week in all 50 states. The pipeline will cut across 18 Iowa counties. The Iowa Utilities Board says the pipeline is 90-percent complete in Iowa.
