Appeals court upholds lower court ruling in DAPL lawsuit

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court decision in favor of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in its ongoing legal battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline, approving the revocation of a key permit for the project and requiring a federal agency to conduct a lengthy environmental review. While the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit does not settle the legal…

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