Protests to
block **rth Dakota oil
pipeline are
heating up
In the heart of
**rth Dakota's prairie lands, tribal leaders and their allies are squaring off against a Texas
pipeline builder and the federal government.
Over a thousands protesters have gathered during the past two weeks in a grassy camp near the town of Can**n Ball to physically
block construction of the
Dakota Access Pipeline in the area.
Led by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, the opponents are also hoping to halt the 1,170-mile project in court.*
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On Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will hear the tribe's
lawsuit, which claims a federal agency violated multiple statutes for protecting clean water and culturally significant sites by issuing permits to Energy Transfer Partners, the pipeline's builder.
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