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Final phase of Dakota Access pipeline to be approved, a major blow to Standing Rock Sioux

Julia Carrie Wong and Sam Levin in San Francisco, the Guardian

08 February 2017 • 4 min read

The army corps of engineers says it intends to grant a permit for the oil pipeline to cross the Missouri river, following Donald Trump's executive order

The US government is set to allow the final phase of construction of the Dakota Access pipeline to begin as early as Wednesday, dealing a major blow to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The decision sets...

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