Dakota Rural Action

At the center of a global push to lower carbon emissions is a debate over the best ways to go about lowering carbon scores. Following legislative session, South Dakota and its ethanol industry find themselves in the middle of that conversation as environmentalists debate the practicality of carbon sequestration.

State Senators are advancing a bill that adds deceptive access and surveillance to a list of prohibited activities against state permitted animal feedlots.

A Lincoln County-rooted organization is joining a larger campaign calling for greater local control across the state.

The annual South Dakota Local Foods Conference took place in Sioux Falls over the weekend. This years’ slogan is Grow, Nourish, Sustain.

This week the South Dakota Water Management Board is hearing four more days of testimony on water permits for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.…

Opponents to the Keystone XL pipeline are asking for more information before South Dakota Water permits are granted for pipeline construction. Opposing…

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a challenge to a new South Dakota law designed to protect construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from "riot…

Two controversial bills addressing the cost of hosting pipelines have landed on the governor's desk ready for Kristi Noem's signature.One law sets up a…

In The Moment ... October 16. 2018 Show 442 Hour 1Under the current South Dakota constitution, proposed amendments are often multi-layered, embracing…

The South Dakota Supreme Court issued an opinion on Thursday, June 14, that state courts don't have jurisdiction over certification of the Keystone XL…