Judge rejects Standing Rock request to block Dakota Access pipeline drilling
by Sam Levin in Cannon Ball, North Dakota from on (#2CJD7)
Tribes lost a challenge of the president's decision to speed approvals for the last stretch of the $3.7bn pipeline under the Missouri river in North Dakota
A federal judge has rejected a request from indigenous tribes to block drilling of the Dakota Access pipeline, the latest blow to the Standing Rock Sioux after Donald Trump fast-tracked final permits for the last phase of construction.
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