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North Dakota tribe's request to stop work on pipeline denied
2016-09-09 22:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The federal government stepped into the fight over the Dakota Access oil pipeline Friday, ordering work to stop on one segment of the project in North Dakota and asking the Texas-based company building it to "voluntarily pause" action on a wider span that an American Indian tribe says holds sacred artifacts. The government's order came minutes after a judge rejected a request by the Standing Rock Sioux to halt construction of the $3.8 billion, four-state pipeline. The tribe, whose cause has drawn...
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