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Drain the Snake: Judge Orders Dakota Access Pipeline Shut Down
Last year, Energy Transfer Partners said they wanted to double the amount of oil it pumps through the Dakota Access Pipeline to 1.1 million barrels of Bakken crude per day.
This morning, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ordered them to cut the amount of oil shipped via Dakota Access to zero:
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending a more thorough environmental review, handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe three years after the pipeline first began carrying oil following months of protests.
In a 24-page order, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote that he was “mindful of the disruption” that shutting down the pipeline would cause, but that it must be done within 30 days. The order comes after Boesberg said in April that a more extensive review was necessary than what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had already conducted and that he would consider whether the pipeline would have to be shuttered during the new assessment [Dave Kolpack, “Judge Orders Dakota Access Pipeline Shut Down Pending Review,” AP via Minneapolis Star Tribune, 2020.07.06].
In a 24-page order, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote that he was “mindful of the disruption” that shutting down the pipeline would cause, but that it must be done within 30 days. The order comes after Boesberg said in April that a more extensive review was necessary than what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had already conducted and that he would consider whether the pipeline would have to be shuttered during the new assessment [Dave Kolpack, “Judge Orders Dakota Access Pipeline Shut Down Pending Review,” AP via Minneapolis Star Tribune, 2020.07.06].
Back in 2016, President Barack Obama acknowledged that the government hadn’t properly reviewed the Dakota Access pipeline and suspended the project. The next guy in charge couldn’t be bothered with law or anything other than his Big Oil buddies’ thirst for black-gold profits and said, go ahead, build your illegal pipeline. So if you hear any pipeliners griping about liberal judges shutting down business, remind them that breaking the law has consequences.
http://dakotafreepress.com/2020/07/06/drain-the-snake-judge-orders-dakota-access-pipeline-shut-down/
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