'Landmark Decision' Casts Youth as Official Intervenors in Pipeline Case

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By Midwest Energy NewsOct 23, 2017, 1:48 pm95 pts
By Frank Jossi In what is regarded as an unusual step, a group of 13 young people have joined together to become court sanctioned intervenors as they fight a proposed Enbridge Energy pipeline through northern Minnesota. Intervenors are sanctioned by the state Public Utilities Commission to represent parties in…

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