US delays oil pipeline approvals after environmental ruling

The directive from Army Corps headquarters, detailed in emails obtained by The Associated Press, comes after a federal court last week threw out a blanket permitthat companies and public utilities have used for decades to build projects across streams and wetlands.For now, officials have put on hold about 360 pending notifications to entities approving their use of the permit, Army Corps spokesman Doug Garman said Thursday.Pipeline and electric utility industry representatives said the effects c