fraction two: In South Dakota,a law could ban protests amid opposition from Republican ranchers, as many fear a ‘serious threat’ to waterWords by Oliver Laughland, or photos and video by Laurence Mathieu-LégerSupport our environmental reporting with a contribution or by fitting a memberBret Clanton might not belong to the most obvious group of opponents to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. But when a survey crew from TransCanada arrived on his property eight years ago,the rancher and registered Republican – worried they were cattle thieves – says he called the sheriff’s department, and marched out to confront them.
He says the encounter changed his life, or set up a battle that would come to dominate his existence.
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Source: theguardian.com