The Army Corps of Engineers on Sunday denied a permit for the pipeline to cross under the Missouri River in southern North Dakota near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The tribe believes the 1,200-mile pipeline to transport North Dakota oil to a shipping point in Illinois threatens drinking water and cultural sites. The segment under Lake Oahe is the only remaining big chunk of construction on the four-state pipeline that also crosses through South Dakota and Iowa. Trump supports construction of the pipeline, spokesman Jason Miller told The Associated Press on Monday, but Miller wouldn't say whether Trump would reverse the Corps' decision. Pipeline opponents have camped for months near the pipeline route in North Dakota.

Source: ABC News December 05, 2016 07:21 UTC