Army Corps doesn’t oppose temporary halt to Dakota Access Pipeline

Native Americans protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in southern North Dakota. (Photo by James MacPherson/Associated Press)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it does not oppose the temporary halt of construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.8 billion oil pipeline slated to run through four states, including North Dakota.
As we’ve reported, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline because it fears it could disturb sacred sites