Dakota Access Pipeline Loses Supreme Court Appeal, Leaving Its Future Unclear
Demonstrators protest the Dakota Access pipeline near the White House in Washington, D.C., in 2017.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Energy Transfer LP’s Dakota Access Pipeline, letting stand a ruling that required a new federal environmental analysis and left the pipeline vulnerable to being shut down.
Making no comment, the justices refused to question a federal appeals court ruling that said the Army Corps of Engineers should have prepared an environmental impact statement before granting the pipeline the right to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota.