Sioux tribe wins partial halt to Dakota pipeline in federal court

‘The Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s request for a temporary stop work order on the Dakota Access Pipeline has been granted by a federal judge. Sacred sites in North Dakota were bulldozed over the weekend, a day after the tribe identified them in court papers.
Energy Transfer Partners is trying to construct a 1,200-mile Dakota Access pipeline.
Work on the pipeline will cease for a limited time between State Highway 1806 and 20 miles east of Lake Oahe, US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Tuesday in Washington DC. The project is allowed to continue west of the highway, because the judge viewed the US Army Corps of Engineers as lacking jurisdiction on private land.
The tribe, however, was not pleased, as they had sought a total shutdown of the project.’
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