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US Judge Orders Controversial Oil Pipeline Shut

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   A U.S. federal judge ruled Monday that a controversial pipeline that
   runs through Native American lands in North Dakota be shut down by
   August 5.

   "Following multiple twists and turns in this long-running litigation,
   this Court recently found that Defendant U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
   had violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it granted an
   easement to Defendant-Intervenor Dakota Access, LLC to construct and
   operate a segment of that crude-oil pipeline running beneath the lake,"
   the opinion from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg read.

   The Standing Rock Sioux tribe of North Dakota has opposed the pipeline
   for years and continually fought against it at various stages of its
   construction and use, including months of protests which often turned
   violent.

     BREAKING NEWS. Court orders a shut down and removal of oil from the
     Dakota Access Pipeline. Order says Dakota Access assumed much of its
     economic risk knowingly, and the potential harm each day the
     pipeline operates [1]https://t.co/pqnunJ5Suh via [2]@IndianCountry
     -- Indian Country Today (@IndianCountry) [3]July 6, 2020

   "Today is a historic day for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the many
   people who have supported us in the fight against the pipeline," said
   Chairman Mike Faith of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. "This pipeline
   should have never been built here. We told them that from the
   beginning."

   Last year, an expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was
   proposed and was challenged in court by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

References

   1. https://t.co/pqnunJ5Suh
   2. https://twitter.com/IndianCountry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://twitter.com/IndianCountry/status/1280141406728712192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw