The Army Corps of Engineers “abandoned the rule of law” during its response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016 on Corps-managed land in Morton County, N.D., and must pay the state millions in damages, a federal judge found.
The federal government is liable to the state for $27.85 million in damages, Judge Daniel M. Traynor of the US District Court for the District of North Dakota ruled on Wednesday.
The 1,172-mile pipeline began operations in June 2017 to transport crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Protesters in 2016 and 2017 condemned the possible effects of the project ...
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