U.S. Congressional Democrats Back Opposition to Dakota Access Pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More than thirty congressional Democrats are backing an attempt by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to shut down the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts an environmental review.
The group that includes Sens. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren filed a brief in federal court Wednesday asserting that allowing the pipeline to operate during the review would give federal agencies “bureaucratic momentum” and violate treaty rights and tribal sovereignty.
A Department of Justice spokesman declined to comment on behalf of the Army Corps.
A half-dozen briefs have been filed by states and groups in favor of keeping the pipeline running.
The pipeline was the subject of months of protests, sometimes violent, during its construction in late 2016 and early 2017 near the reservation that straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border. It began carrying oil in June 2017.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said in April the pipeline remains “highly controversial” under federal environmental law and requires a more extensive review.
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