Oil Industry Trade Groups Back Supreme Court Review Of Dakota Pipeline Ruling

(November 23, 2021, 9:01 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a ruling against pipeline company Dakota Access LLC, the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals created an “unpredictable ‘convince the court’ standard” for deciding when a detailed environmental analysis is required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when a federal agency approves an infrastructure project, trade groups say in a Nov. 17 amicus curiae brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling....