#OnThisDay in 2016, a federal judge denied the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request for a temporary injunction to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). www.npr.org/sections/the...
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Judge Rules That Construction Can Proceed On Dakota Access Pipeline
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe had sought a temporary stop to work on the pipeline. But after the ruling, three U.S. agencies said work would halt in an area particularly sensitive to the tribe.