US EditionTrump Administration Backs Continued Dakota Access Pipeline Operations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommends continuing Dakota Access Pipeline operations with enhanced safety measures after a five-year court-ordered environmental review.
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommends that the Dakota Access Pipeline continue operating with additional safeguards after a long environmental study.
- North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong stated that the new Environmental Impact Statement brings the state closer to concluding the prolonged process regarding the pipeline.
- The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which has long opposed the pipeline due to concerns over water safety, criticized the study's proposed measures, calling the alternative water supply plan 'insulting' to their cultural practices.
- The Corps' preferred option includes increased safety measures and monitoring to protect Lake Oahe's resources despite potential legal challenges ahead.
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Port: It took nearly a decade to get an environmental study for a couple of hundred yards of pipeline
MINOT — In my original headline for this column, I wanted to pose a question: "How in the heck did this take so long?" The "this" I am referring to is the environmental impact study just completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline that crosses the Missouri River, a distance of roughly a couple hundred yards. You might have thought that this was already completed given that the pipeline has been ope…
Feds recommend that Dakota Access Pipeline stay in the ground
BISMARCK — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday released long-awaited results of an environmental study on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline which recommend it continue operating, but with additional safeguards. One of the mitigation measures was derided as "insulting" by the tribal nation that has long opposed the project due to its Missouri River crossing. It is likely that the Corps' decision will face future legal challenges. Th…
Trump administration backs continued Dakota Access pipeline operations
The Trump administration will support the continued operation of the Dakota Access pipeline, it said Friday in a long-awaited but not surprising move. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a final environmental impact report Friday recommending that oil keep flowing through the controversial pipeline. The Dakota Access pipeline carries oil from North Dakota to Illinois. It…
US Army Corps says oil should keep flowing through Dakota Access Pipeline in long-awaited study
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrate Nov. 1, 2023, ahead of a public hearing in Bismarck on the draft environmental impact statement. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday issued a long-awaited Dakota Access Pipeline environmental impact statement, recommending that the pipeline keep operating but with some new conditions for its Missouri River crossing in North Dakota. The p…
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