U.S. Won’t Shut Dakota Access Pipe Amid New Environmental Review

The Dakota Access pipeline that’s been at the center of a years-long battle between oil companies and the Standing Rock Sioux tribe won’t be forced to shut down while federal regulators conduct a new environmental analysis.

The Biden administration’s decision to allow the line to keep operating is a victory for pipeline owner <-rte-company state="{"_id":"00000178-b83d-d81e-ad7f-fa7dd4dd0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Energy Transfer LP and drillers such as Continental Resources Inc. that use it transport crude from North Dakota’s Bakken oil field. The move will likely come as a relief to an oil industry beset by President Joe Biden’s aggressive climate campaign, which has included canceling the ...