Federal Appeals Court Reverses Dakota Access Pipeline Shutdown Order

Heavy equipment is seen at a site where sections of the Dakota Access pipeline were being buried near the town of St. Anthony in Morton County, N.D., on Oct. 5, 2016. Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP

A federal appeals court on Aug. 5 reversed a judge’s order to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline while the U.S. government conducts an in-depth environmental impact review.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday ruled in favor of Energy Transfer, parent company of the underground oil pipeline, saying a lower-court judge “did not make the findings necessary for injunctive relief.”