Dakota Pipeline Protesters Hunker Down
- By Esha Sarai
Environmental activists and Native Americans are applauding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to deny an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline, barring the line from passing under Lake Oahe near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota until there is a full assessment of the project. But some activists worry that President-elect Donald Trump could reverse the pipeline decision after he is inaugurated on January 20.