Supreme Court Hands Loss To Trump-Approved Dakota Access Pipeline
Martin Walsh February 23, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a petition from the Dakota Access oil pipeline operator to end the ongoing environmental review into the project.
D.C. District Court Judge James Boasberg, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, struck down permits for the pipeline in 2020, saying it needed a more rigorous environmental review, known as an Environmental Impacts Statement.
“Dakota Access, which is controlled by Texas-based Energy Transfer, appealed a lower court ruling that affirmed the need for a more thorough environmental study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” ABC News reported.
In January 2017, then-President Donald Trump signed an executive order expediting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ review of the DAPL. The 1,172-mile underground pipeline came online in June 2017.
The Biden administration opted against canceling the DAPL in April, electing to instead wait for the final environmental review.
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