# Judge Orders Environmental Review Of Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-environmental-review-of-controversial-dakota-access-pipeline/850295 "2020-03-26T02:04:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-environmental-review-of-controversial-dakota-access-pipeline/850295/1 "2020-03-26T02:04:43Z")
Not mundane or (I hope) pointless; but I don’t see where else to put it. [Judge Orders Environmental Review Of Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline](https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/821643911/judge-orders-environmental-review-of-controversial-dakota-access-pipeline) > [@](#): > > The judge found that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made a “highly controversial” decision when it approved the federal permits for the project. > > He ordered the agency to prepare a full environmental impact analysis, saying that it previously failed to answer major questions about the possibility of oil spills, among other concerns. > > “The many commenters in this case pointed to serious gaps in crucial parts of the Corps’ analysis – to name a few, that the pipeline’s leak-detection system was unlikely to work, that it was not designed to catch slow spills, that the operator’s serious history of incidents had not been taken into account, that that the worst-case scenario used by the Corps was potentially only a fraction of what a realistic figure would be – and the Corps was not able to fill any of [the gaps in the analysis],” Boasberg stated. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-environmental-review-of-controversial-dakota-access-pipeline/850295/2 "2020-03-26T02:13:16Z")
I’m glad to see this judge’s order, but doubtful that the might and money of the oil industry will be turned aside. Still, a glimmer of hope is better than no hope at all. ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-environmental-review-of-controversial-dakota-access-pipeline/850295/3 "2020-03-26T02:23:50Z")
This is good. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-environmental-review-of-controversial-dakota-access-pipeline/850295/4 "2025-03-20T02:18:41Z")
> **[Greenpeace must pay at least $660m over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/greenpeace-lawsuit-energy-transfer-dakota-pipeline)** > > Non-profit, which will appeal decision, says lawsuits like this are aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’ > In the end, more than half the jurors selected to hear the case had ties to the fossil fuel industry Well surely they would be impartial! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-environmental-review-of-controversial-dakota-access-pipeline/850295/5 "2025-03-20T14:40:01Z")
Considering that Trump has publicly stated that protesters at Tesla dealerships should be treated as “domestic terrorists”, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if we will start seeing cases of protesters being arrested and charged under variations of “public disruption”. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-environmental-review-of-controversial-dakota-access-pipeline/850295/6 "2025-10-30T01:16:49Z")
> **[Judge says Greenpeace must pay $345 million in pipeline lawsuit, cutting jury...](https://apnews.com/article/north-dakota-greenpeace-dakota-access-pipeline-lawsuit-4c5430585daccda6458181fd91662593)** > > A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and others liable for defamation and other claims brought by a pipeline company in connections with... > Greenpeace, for its part, intends to seek a new trial and will appeal if denied, saying, “we still believe that the remaining claims are legally unfounded.” **The group has said the lawsuit is meant to chill free speech and the right to protest.** Quite true.