Trump Administration Joins Dakota Access Pipeline Appeal (1)

The Trump administration is joining Dakota Access in appealing a court order requiring the oil pipeline to shut down next month.

Lawyers for the Army Corps of Engineers gave notice Monday that they’re challenging the district court order at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where pipeline lawyers are already waging a legal fight.

The government followed up hours later with an emergency request for the D.C. Circuit to stay the lower court’s order, saying the judge misapplied the National Environmental Policy Act and legal precedent, and overstepped by ordering the shutdown instead of simply ...