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Celebrities call on Biden and Harris to shut down Dakota Access pipeline | Dakota Access pipeline | The Guardian

…Since then, the DAPL, which stretches from North Dakota to Illinois, has been mired in permit and legal controversies.

Barack Obama halted the project not long before leaving office, only for Donald Trump to reverse his decision and fast-track construction despite ongoing litigation by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

The pipeline was finished and currently transports about 500,000 barrels of crude oil each day, despite a court ruling ordering the army corps to conduct a robust environmental impact review – which should have been done before the project started.

Last month, a judge ruled that the pipeline is operating illegally without the necessary federal permits.

The court will on Wednesday hear evidence from the army corps before deciding whether to shut down the pipeline while the environmental review, which could take a year or so, is completed.

Biden has not spoken publicly about DAPL, but last May Harris signed an amicus brief and joined tribes in calling on a judge to shut it down while an environmental impact study is conducted.