Water Protectors Overcome Pipe-Layers, DAPL Halted for Now
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, activists, and concerned citizens, who had camped out for months to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) secured a rare victory over the forces of environmental degradation over the weekend. The Army Corps of Engineers decided on Sunday not to grant easement for Energy Transfer Partners to complete construction of its $3.7 billion pipeline. The corps said it would embark on a new study to look for alternative routes for the pipeline—a process that could…