Judge suspends Dakota Access pipeline over environmental concerns
by Associated Press in Fargo, North Dakota from on (#55E0H)
- US district judge sides with Standing Rock Sioux tribe
- More extensive environmental review is required - judge
A federal judge has sided with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and ordered the Dakota Access pipeline to be shut down until a more extensive environmental review is carried out.
US district judge James Boasberg had previously said the pipeline, which has been in operation three years, remained highly controversial" under federal environmental law, and a more extensive review was necessary after an environmental assessment by the US army corps of engineers.
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