Latest Development in the Dakota Pipeline Story

Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), has no intention of giving up easily. On Friday, US District Judge James Boasberg rejected ETP’s request for an expedited ruling to overturn the Army Corps’ denial of a permit.

The Army Corps of Engineers and the Standing Rock Sioux tribe have until January 6 to file their opposition to ETP’s claim that they have the permission and permits necessary to drill under the Lake Oahe crossing, where the tribe gets most of its drinking water.

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In the meantime, the US Army Corps allegedly agreed to raise the water levels of Lake Oahe to make the area unstable and unsuitable for drilling, preventing ETP from trying to finish the pipeline ahead of the court ruling, according to Jordan Chariton.

  RT

That last bit is interesting, if true.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.