U.S. Delays Dakota Pipeline as Trump Promises Quicker Review
- More talks needed given land’s importance to tribe: Army Corps
- Trump has vowed to streamline permitting for energy projects
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) confront bulldozers working on the new oil pipeline in an effort to make them stop, September 3, 2016, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. / AFP / Robyn BECK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Nova SAFO, 'Native Americans united by oil pipeline fight' (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Obama administration has delayed a decision on the controversial Dakota Access crude pipeline, even as President-elect Donald Trump vows to speed up reviews of such projects.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Monday that it’ll hold more talks with a Native American tribe potentially affected by the pipeline before deciding on a permit that’s key to finishing the $3.8 billion project spanning four states. The news came just a day before environmentalists planned to protest at Army Corps offices nationwide, calling for a permanent rejection of the project.