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In the 03/11/2018 edition: Standing Rock: Dakota Access Pipeline Leak Technology Can't Detect All Spills 3 Dozen Shareholder Climate Resolutions Target Oil, Gas and Power Companies InsideClimate News Wins National Business Journalism Awards Standing Rock: Dakota Access Pipeline Leak Technology Can't Detect All Spills The Standing Rock Tribe argues in a report that thousands of barrels of oil a day could leak into the Missouri River and not be detected by the company's equipment.  BY PHIL MCKENNA Nine months after oil starting flowing through the Dakota Access pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe continues to fight the controversial project, which passes under the Missouri River just upstream from their water supply. SEE ALSO:  Standing Rock's Pipeline Fight Brought Hope, Then More Misery Confidential Dakota Pipeline Memo: Standing Rock Not a Disadvantaged Community Impacted by Pipeline Dakota Pipeline Is Ready for Oil, Without Spill Response Plan for Standing Rock Chief Environmental Justice Official at EPA Resigns, With Plea to Pruitt to Protect Vulnerable Communities read more   3 Dozen Shareholder Climate Resolutions Target Oil, Gas and Power Companies Concerned investors want details on climate risk planning, methane and lobbying, but some executives see Trump’s embrace of fossil fuels as reason to say no.  BY DAVID HASEMYER Stay informed about the latest climate, energy and environmental justice news by email. Sign up for the ICN newsletter. When a group of investors asked Noble Energy, Inc., to report on the risks climate change poses to its business, the company's response put on display how the Trump administration's pro-fossil-fuel stance is swaying the perennial debate. SEE ALSO:  Exxon Reports on Climate Risk and Sees Almost None Exxon Shareholders Approve Climate Resolution: 62% Vote for Disclosure From Beef to Palm Oil, Investors Worry about Climate Risk in the Food Industry Marathon Reaches Deal with Investors on Human Rights. Standing Rock Hoped for More. read more   InsideClimate News Wins National Business Journalism Awards ICN reporters investigated the impact powerful fossil fuel interests have on ordinary Americans and ways they're trying to silence environmental activists.  BY STAFF InsideClimate News has won two top honors from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for its investigations into the ways the fossil fuel industry guards its profits and prominence at the expense of ordinary Americans and tactics it uses to fight environmental activism. It also won an honorable mention for reporting on past violations by a company planning to drill in the Arctic. SEE ALSO:  Industrial Strength: How the U.S. Government Hid Fracking's Risks to Drinking Water How Big Oil Lost Control of Its Climate Misinformation Machine How Federal Giveaways to Big Coal Leave Ranchers and Taxpayers Out in the Cold Industry Lawsuits Try to Paint Environmental Activism as Illegal Racket As Hilcorp Plans to Drill in Arctic Waters, a Troubling Trail of Violations Surfaces read more