(Washington, DC) — Thirteen more Republican states are signing up to oppose the Standing Rock pipeline lawsuit. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed a suit in October accusing the Army Corps of allowing the pipeline to operate on tribal land without an easement, and without sufficient environmental study or emergency spill response plans. Last week, North Dakota signed on as a co-defendant, arguing that closing the pipeline would cause the state to lose hundreds of millions of dollars and cost thousands of jobs. On Monday, 13 additional states also signed on as co-defendants, making similar arguments.
