A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full environmental review of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline — nearly 3 years after crude oil started to flow through it.
Native American tribes and their supporters protested against the Dakota Access Pipeline. This rally was outside the White House in 2017.Native American tribes and their supporters protested against the Dakota Access Pipeline. This rally was outside the White House in 2017.after crude oil started to flow through the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, a federal judge has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full environmental review.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has not decided whether oil can still flow in the meantime. But his opinion Wednesday requests that the two sides submit briefings next month for and against keeping the oil moving, potentially opening the door for the judge to shut it down. The judge found that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made a"highly controversial" decision when it approved the federal permits for the project.
"The many commenters in this case pointed to serious gaps in crucial parts of the Corps' analysis – to name a few, that the pipeline's leak-detection system was unlikely to work, that it was not designed to catch slow spills, that the operator's serious history of incidents had not been taken into account, that that the worst-case scenario used by the Corps was potentially only a fraction of what a realistic figure would be – and the Corps was not able to fill any of [the gaps...
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