Investigation Reveals Pro-Pipeline Letters From Lawmakers Were Ghostwritten by Fossil Fuel Company

The Guardian

Several North Dakota state leaders and a county commissioner sent federal regulators letters emphatically supporting the North Bakken Expansion Project, a 61.9-mile natural gas pipeline that has angered environmentalists and Native American nations alike. But the letters were exact replicas of a template provided by a subsidiary of the fossil fuel giant WBI Energy, a Guardian investigation found.

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