A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday the Dakota Access Pipeline can keep shipping oil while the court hears arguments over whether the Trump administration failed to conduct a proper environmental review of the project. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said it did not think the Army Corps of Engineers made a strong case that the district court had erred in an underlying ruling that it should complete an environmental review of the pipeline's crossing over the Missouri River.

Next up: The appeals court fast-tracked the hearings by ordering the sides to wrap up briefing by Sept. 30, with oral arguments to follow in October or early November.

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