Court Slams Army’s Failure to Study Dakota Access Pipeline
Oil has continued to flow through the 1,172-mile pipeline pending appeal, but opponents can still secure an injunction.
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Judge Tosses $900M Suit Over Greenpeace Pipeline Protests
A federal judge in North Dakota dismissed a $900 million racketeering and defamation lawsuit against environmental group Greenpeace by the company that built a nearly 1,200-mile crude oil pipeline across four states.
Read moreLandowners Lose Challenge to Pipeline Deals
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday rejected landowners’claims that the Dakota Access pipeline developer used unfair tactics to persuade them to sell property for the pipeline’s construction.
Read moreEighth Circuit Hears Fight Over Pipeline Land Deals
The Eight Circuit heard oral arguments Thursday over whether pipeline company Dakota Access pressured landowners into easement agreements and lied to them about how much money they could get for sections of their property.
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Environmentalists Buoyed by Bench Ruling on Crude Oil Pipeline
Ruling from the bench late Thursday, a federal judge said that a crude oil pipeline under construction through Atchafalaya Basin, North America’s largest swamp, already has caused irreparable harm, galvanizing environmentalists who sued the Army Corps of Engineers for permitting it.
Read moreTribal Request for Oil Pipeline Spill Response Plan Granted
The Army Corps of Engineers and the developer of the Dakota Access pipeline must complete an oil spill response plan for the stretch of pipe beneath the Missouri River in North Dakota, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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Residents of ‘Cancer Alley’ Call Pipeline a Final Insult
Residents of Louisiana’s predominantly African American “Cancer Alley” have sued the state over a permit for the final leg of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which they say threatens their water supply and will block them from escaping during emergencies.
Read moreThird Time’s the Charm in Dakota Access Pipeline Challenge
Now that oil is flowing through the Dakota Access pipeline, a new court ruling points out several factors the government failed to consider before approving the project.
Read moreJudge Dismisses Dakota Access Lawsuit Against Protesters
A federal judge has dismissed Dakota Access’s lawsuit requesting a restraining order and monetary damages against Standing Rock Sioux Tribe members and other protesters.
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Dakota Access Pipeline Leak Revives Opposition
A rural pump station leak along the route of the Dakota Access Pipeline has bolstered environmentalists’ and tribes’ claims that the project should be shut down.
Read moreJudge Says Dakota Access Pipeline Firms Can Shield Route Information
A federal judge ruled Friday that Dakota Access LLC can shield sensitive information about infrastructure routes of its controversial oil pipeline to protect it from would be terrorists and nefarious actors.
Read moreSD Passes Law to Crack Down on Pipeline Protests
Responding to the massive Dakota Access Pipeline protests that unfolded throughout 2016 in North Dakota, South Dakota’s governor has signed into law a bill that would expand the power of his office to curtail protest activities in the state.
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Thousands Join Native Americans in March on Washington
Nearly a year of environmental protests across the nation culminated Friday with thousands taking to the streets for the Native Nations Rise March on Washington.
Read moreTribe Denied Religious Injunction to Dakota Access Pipeline
Oil is just weeks away from coursing through the Dakota Access pipeline after a federal judge refused Tuesday to halt the project over the religious objections of a Native American tribe.
Read moreReligion Probed at Hearing on Dakota Access Pipeline
Attorneys sparred in court Tuesday about a Native American tribe’s religious objections to the oil pipeline being built by Dakota Access under a lake used for tribal rituals.
Read moreDakota Legislatures Crack Down on Protests
In response to the Dakota Access pipeline protests, North Dakota’s governor signed four new laws, three of which increase the penalties for protesting.
Read moreS.D. Senate Advances Protest Restriction Bill
A South Dakota senate panel voted 6-3 to advance a bill that would give the government expanded authority to curtail protest activities in the state.
Read moreDakotas Propose New Protest Laws in Response to Pipeline Unrest
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed new legislation to curb protester activity in the wake of the massive Dakota Access Pipeline protests across the state border in North Dakota.
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