A US federal appeals court halted on Aug. 5 the pending shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline slated for the same date, but the court is still requiring an environmental review to move forward that would determine if the 570,000 b/d crude pipeline can remain open longer term. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Energy Transfer’s Dakota Access Pipeline was ordered in early July to be shut and emptied by Aug. 5, but the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit had issued a temporary emergency stay on that order. Now, the three-judge appeals court panel says Judge James Boasberg, of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, failed to make the […]