"Judge Rejects Bid To Suspend Louisiana Pipeline Construction"

"BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge refused Tuesday to order a temporary halt to construction of a crude oil pipeline through a river swamp in south Louisiana, a setback for environmental groups challenging the project.

U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick denied the groups’ request for a temporary restraining order that would have suspended pipeline construction in the environmentally fragile Atchafalaya Basin pending a hearing next week.

Environmental groups sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Jan. 11. The lawsuit accuses the Corps of violating the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws when it approved a permit for the Bayou Bridge pipeline project in December."

Michael Kunzelman reports for the Associated Press January 31, 2018.