Oil pipeline sparks fierce opposition among American tribes and farmers

An estimated 1,500 activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline have settled in at a camp near the construction site for the pipelines Missouri River crossing. 

 The Standing Rock Sioux have filed for an injunction against the pipeline, arguing that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued permits for the project without properly evaluating its impacts on water and sites of cultural or historical importance, or listening to the tribes concerns.  

 Energy Transfer Partners, the pipelines Texas-based owner, has suspended construction at the contested site as both sides await the judge's ruling, expected September 9.  

However, work continues elsewhere along the pipelines 1,172-mile length.

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