by Bloomberg
|Friday, April 09, 2021
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official has told tribal advocates it doesn t plan to announce a shutdown of Energy Transfer LP s Dakota Access oil pipeline during a key court hearing planned for later on Friday.
(Bloomberg) A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official has told tribal advocates it doesn’t plan to announce a shutdown of Energy Transfer LP’s Dakota Access oil pipeline during a key court hearing planned for later on Friday.
The official, Stacey Jensen, made the announcement during a call with pipeline opponents Thursday, said Dallas Goldtooth, an official with the Indigenous Environmental Network.
9 Apr 2021
Indigenous Environmental Network activist Dallas Goldtooth said Friday that a U.S. Army official told tribal advocates that the federal government does not plan to announce a shutdown of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
The controversial project’s ability to continue to operate would be a rare victory for pipeline owners following President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the permit for the $9 billion Keystone XL oil line. Even before the Democrat’s inauguration, the oil and gas industry had been struggling to move forward with new infrastructure plans amid stiff opposition from climate advocates. Jensen, who serves as assistant for regulatory and tribal affairs in the Corps office of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, said in an interview that the matter is in the hands of the Justice Department. Several tribes have already pushed the federal district court in Washington to issue its own shutdown order. The tribes’ motion is pending before the judge
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