Dakota Access Oil Pipe Likely Safe From Shutdown Through 2020

The Dakota Access oil pipeline is poised to stay in service at least through December under a new court schedule, assuming the Trump administration doesn’t force a shutdown.Under the proposed briefing schedule filed Wednesday, a federal court in Washington won’t be prepared to rule until late December, at the earliest, on a renewed bid to halt the line.

The proposed schedule would give tribes opposed to the Dakota Access until Oct. 16 to file

Dakota Access Oil Pipe Likely Safe From Shutdown Through 2020