Judge Denies Tribes` Emergency Bid to Halt Dakota Pipeline Construction

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A federal judge denied an emergency bid Monday to temporarily halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, court documents show. Crews remove waste from an opposition camp against the Dakota Access Pipeline near Cannon Ball, North Dakota last week. Related: Dakota Access Pipeline: What`s Behind the Protests? Play FacebookTwitterGoogle PlusEmbed Feb. 8: Dakota Access Pipeline Project Moving Forward 0:26 autoplay autoplay Copy this code to your website or blogJudge James Boasberg said at a hearing that damage couldn`t occur until oil was flowing through the 30-inch pipeline, The Associated Press reported. "Lawyers for Dakota Access filed documents Monday calling the tribes` religious claims "exceedingly tardy" and saying the harm cited by the tribes didn`t meet the standards of a restraining order.