A federal judge on March 25 struck down the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline and ordered the agency to complete an environmental impact statement for the crossing beneath the Missouri River three years after the project began operating.
Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., federal district court found there are unresolved concerns about the potential effects of oil spills on the river that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe relies on for fishing, agriculture, drinking water and religious ceremonies.