The Obama administration late Sunday punted on the controversial $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline (DAPL), denying a final easement to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, choosing instead to seek alternative routes to satisfy concerns of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
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Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Sits Uneasily in Federal Hands
Whether construction of the $3.8 billion, nearly 1,200-mile Dakota Access oil pipeline is completed on schedule early next year will likely be determined by a volatile amalgam of political, regulatory and court actions that should culminate in the next two or three weeks, based on developments in federal court Friday.
September 19, 2016