Energy Transfer LP Isn't Shutting Dakota Access, Despite Ruling

[fleur-de-lisa]

Energy Transfer LP said it’s not making any moves to empty its Dakota Access oil pipeline after a judge on Monday ordered the conduit shut while a more robust environmental review is conducted.

The Dallas-based company run by billionaire Kelcy Warren said it’s also accepting requests for space on the pipeline in August. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia had ordered the pipeline to be drained by Aug. 5.

“We are not shutting in the line,” Energy Transfer spokeswoman Vicki Granado said in an email when asked if the company had begun emptying the pipeline. Judge James E. Boasberg “we believe exceeded his authority and does not have the jurisdiction to shut down the pipeline or stop the flow of crude oil.”

It’s the latest sign that Energy Transfer is preparing for yet another battle over the Dakota Access crude pipeline, which four years ago drew months of on-the-ground protests from environmental groups and tribes opposed to the project’s route across Lake Oahe, a dammed section of the Missouri River just a half-mile from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakotas.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-08/energy-transfer-says-it-won-t-shut-dakota-access-despite-ruling

[mr_lebowski]

1. No doubt the fascist knuckle-dragging Trumpanzees will be jumping for joy about this one

While pretending to be 'law and order' fans.

Showing once again that what they mean is 'laws that limit the rights/freedom of the poor and minorities', not the ones that might apply to billionaires.

This country may just be on the verge of devolving into lawlessness.

Putin can't believe his good fortune.

[bluestarone]

2. Under tRUMP there is NO law and order

UNLESS your a fucking rethuglicon!

[gratuitous]

3. Maybe it's time to consider incarceration instead of fines for disobeying a court's order?

Just because you think the judge exceeded his authority, it doesn't mean you don't have to obey his order. That's not how it works, at least for private citizens. Corporations know they can just shrug off a court ruling, because any penalty will be monetary. You can't lock up a corporation, which makes them superior to individuals under the law. But maybe if courts started ordering corporate honchos off to prison for noncompliance or contempt, it might restore some of the balance that's been lost over the years.

[Budi]

4. The case will go to appeals, until then oil will flow through the pipeline.

With a trillion invested in the Bakken, it's infrastructure & & it's miles of pipelines, no one expected less than a fight of this sort.

This goes to appeals court & review, taking place sometime in 2021. Oil will flow until then.
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[Doremus]

5. I'm waiting for a judge with the balls to declare them in contempt of court

and lead them in the frog march.

Not doing so is the same as an engraved invitation to all scofflaws.