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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The battle over Access Pipeline continues

    This week, Energy Transfer Partners resumed construction on the North Dakota Access Pipeline, which had been on hold since December. Now the Standing Rock Sioux are asking a court to halt the pipeline again. Arguments in that case are set for Monday.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 10, 2017 • 1 min read

    This week, Energy Transfer Partners resumed construction on the North Dakota Access Pipeline, which had been on hold since December. Now the Standing Rock Sioux are asking a court to halt the pipeline again. Arguments in that case are set for Monday.

    The full episode

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    Update from Standing Rock, and Governor Brown's environmental record
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    2. 8:18How green is Governor Brown?
    3. 16:26How Federal law protects Backpage.com as place for underage sex trafficking
    4. 29:03Is '50 Shades Darker' steamy or tedious?
    5. 41:10Remembering the Black Cat protest for gay rights, 50 years later
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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Update from Standing Rock, and Governor Brown's environmental record
    1. 0:00The battle over Access Pipeline continuesYou’re reading this
    2. 8:18How green is Governor Brown?
    3. 16:26How Federal law protects Backpage.com as place for underage sex trafficking
    4. 29:03Is '50 Shades Darker' steamy or tedious?
    5. 41:10Remembering the Black Cat protest for gay rights, 50 years later
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