Dakota Pipeline decision delayed to Sept. 9, thousands of indigenous activists continue protest

In Washington today, District Judge James E. Boarsberge says he will not render a decision on a legal challenge by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Dakota Access, LLC, over a nearly $4 billion oil project that native people say will destroy their land and cause unprecedented damage to human, plant, and animal life in the region.

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