Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review
Fargo, N.D. • A judge on Monday ordered the Dakota Access pipeline shut down for additional environmental review more than three years after it began pumping oil — handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and delivering a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to weaken public health and environmental protections his administration views as obstacles to businesses.In a 24-page order, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., wrote that he was “min
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