Dakota pipeline may be finished

washington - The US Army of Engineers have been licensed to build the last part of the Dakota Pipeline. President Trump had already decided by decree that the controversial pipeline had to be there, despite continuing protests by Indians and climate activists.

The construction of the pipeline cost $ 3.8 billion (3.5 billion euros). President Obama explained the construction of the pipeline just quiet because he wanted to understand the impact on the environment and nature. From court documents now show that research into those effects has been shut down and that the engineers be allowed to finish building the pipeline.

Standing Rock Sioux Indian tribe whose territory is the Dakota oil pipeline, has already announced to go to court.

The Dakota pipeline connecting the oil fields in North Dakota to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. The pipeline is 1885 kilometers long.