Biden Warned Against Shutting Down Dakota Access Oil Pipeline

Congressional backers of Energy Transfer LP’s controversial Dakota Access Pipeline are warning the Biden administration against shutting it down amid an extensive environmental review that’s leaving the oil line’s fate in limbo.

“We are concerned the additional scrutiny being imposed on the project has little to do with actual environmental effects and more to do with opposing the type of fuel the infrastructure carries,” North Dakota’s congressional delegation wrote in a letter to the Army Corps led by Republican Senator Kevin Cramer.

The letter, which comes as pressure on President Joe Biden intensifies to make a decision before the ...