Activists horror the Dakota Access oil pipeline will pollute water and disturb sacred sites. A court is to determine next month if approval violated indigenous rights For as long as it takes: Native American protesters defy North Dakota pipeline constructionNative American activists have said they are still hopeful they can halt the construction of a controversial oil pipeline that will escape from North Dakota to Illinois,after a federal judge said he needed more time to determine whether indigenous rights were violated when the project was approved.
Judge James Boasberg of the US district court said he will execute a decision by 9 September on whether to stop work on the pipeline during tribal leaders’ lawsuit against the US army Corps of Engineers for approving the Dakota Access project. Related: Faces of the North Dakota pipeline protest: 'Sacred land is who we are' Related: 'We are protectors, not protesters': why I'm fighting the North Dakota pipeline Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com