A double whammy for pipelines

Published: July 7, 2020, 9 a.m.

Over the weekend, two of America’s most controversial pipelines were shaken to the core: first, the Atlantic Coast pipeline project was completely dropped; and on Monday, a court ordered to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains the decisions on both cases, and what it says about the Trump administration’s approach to getting these projects through. Kelsey Tamborrino is an energy reporter for POLITICO. Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.