Federal judge orders environmental review of Dakota Access pipeline

A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to conduct further environmental reviews of the Dakota Access pipeline but stopped short of halting oil-pumping operations pending further hearings beginning June 21.

U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg handed a limited victory to Native American tribes in North Dakota that had challenged the administration’s effort to speed the project, and his dense, 91-page opinion directed both sides to appear before him next Wednesday to decide next legal steps.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/federal-judge-orders-environmental-review-of-dakota-access-pipeline/2017/06/14/6de94c98-5152-11e7-b064-828ba60fbb98_story.html?utm_term=.5059c66e9cbb