Army Corps blocks route for oil pipeline

Monday, December 5, 2016

CANNON BALL, N.D. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Sunday it won't grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters, who argued the project would threaten a water source and cultural sites.

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