Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline needs more study, the US Army says

More information is needed on the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe before the Army Corps of Engineers will decide to approve critical rights, the US Army said today in a joint statement with the Department of the Interior. The Corps will work with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which has been protesting the pipeline for months, on developing a timetable.On November 8, the pipeline operator Energy Transfer Partners announced that it was preparing the final phase of const