Dakota Access Pipeline’s Fate Again in Court’s Hands

March 18, 2020, 5:09 PM UTC

American Indian tribes on Wednesday renewed their calls for a federal court to halt the embattled Dakota Access pipeline, which has now been pumping oil for nearly three years.

Lawyers for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and others appeared by phone in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, squaring off against the Army Corps of Engineers and pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners LP in the latest round of litigation over the project.

The proceeding is one of few moving forward at the district court in the coming weeks, as hearing schedules have been adjusted to respond to ...

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