Judge allows DAPL to keep pumping oil despite lack of permit
NationofChange “Here, an environmentally devastating pipeline was constructed in flagrant violation of the law.” A federal judge ruled Friday the Dakota Access Pipeline may continue pumping oil despite lacking a key federal permit while the Army Corps of Engineers conducts an extensive environmental review. The Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes challenging the pipeline, which they say is operating illegally beneath a reservoir near their reservation, failed to “demonstrate a likelihood of irreparable injury,” according to James Boasberg of the D.C. District Court, who...
Source: nationofchange.org
