PIPELINES
Court schedule will keep Dakota Access online this year
The Dakota Access pipeline is poised to stay open at least through the end of 2020, according to recent court documents.
Niina H. Farah
Reporter
Niina covers energy law, including litigation over pipelines, eminent domain, oil and gas leasing and federal regulations. Niina first joined E&E in June 2014. She started covering climate issues in agriculture, oceans, and ecology at Climatewire, before transitioning to cover EPA climate policy under the Obama and Trump administrations. Most recently, Niina has covered federal agencies and federal regulations for Greenwire.
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