Federal judge orders Dakota Access Pipeline to shut down
Updated 22:59, 06-Jul-2020
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File photo: Hundreds of indigenous people from tribes protested and marched against the Dakota Access Pipeline in the United States, March 10, 2017. /Xinhua

File photo: Hundreds of indigenous people from tribes protested and marched against the Dakota Access Pipeline in the United States, March 10, 2017. /Xinhua

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline to shut down until a full environmental review is done.

In a 24-page order Monday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote that he was "mindful of the disruption such a shutdown will cause," but said he had concluded that the pipeline must be shut down.

The Dakota Access Pipeline is an underground oil project that begins in Northwest North Dakota and runs Southeast to Patoka, Illinois. The project is 87 percent complete but a portion in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, which was blocked by local Native Americans citing environmental concerns.

(With input from agencies)