Texas oil magnate sits out pipeline vote after protests

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Environmental advocates blasted a Gov. Abbott appointee over a “conflict of interest” on a small pipeline vote in east Texas.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission called in extra game wardens and state troopers as shouting protesters interrupted their Austin public meeting several times. Protesters had their sights on Commissioner Kelcy Warren, the oil magnate behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, who recused himself from a smaller pipeline vote Thursday af