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Dakota Access

Appeals Business Energy Environment Government 

Court Slams Army’s Failure to Study Dakota Access Pipeline

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 SAMANTHA HAWKINS
Army Corps of Engineers, D.C. Circuit, 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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Courts Government 

Expensive Protests

July 19, 2019July 22, 2019 BRIEF
Army Corps of Engineers, Dakota Access, north dakota, Pipeline

North Dakota sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Friday in an effort to recover the $38 million it says it spent dealing with the nearly year-long protest of the Dakota Access oil pipeline project.

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Courts Energy Environment 

Judge Tosses $900M Suit Over Greenpeace Pipeline Protests

February 15, 2019February 19, 2019 LEVI LASS
Dakota Access, defamation, racketeering

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.

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Appeals Energy Regional 

Landowners Lose Challenge to Pipeline Deals

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018 MATT REYNOLDS
Dakota Access, Eighth Circuit, north dakota, Oil and gas, Pipeline, property

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.

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Appeals Energy Regional 

Eighth Circuit Hears Fight Over Pipeline Land Deals

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 DIONNE CORDELL-WHITNEY
Dakota Access, Eighth Circuit, north dakota, Oil and gas, Pipeline, property

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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Environment 

Environmentalists Buoyed by Bench Ruling on Crude Oil Pipeline

February 9, 2018February 12, 2018 SABRINA CANFIELD
Army Corps of Engineers, Dakota Access, Louisiana, 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.

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Energy Environment Regional 

Tribal Request for Oil Pipeline Spill Response Plan Granted

December 4, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dakota Access, Oil and gas, tribal issues

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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Courts Energy Environment 

‘Rogue Eco-Terrorists’

August 23, 2017October 11, 2017 BRIEF
conservationists, Dakota Access, Pipeline, racketeering

The owners of the Dakota Access oil pipeline filed a federal lawsuit against environmentalist group Greenpeace and others Tuesday, accusing the groups of committing acts of “eco-terrorism” to halt the pipeline’s construction.

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Environment 

Residents of ‘Cancer Alley’ Call Pipeline a Final Insult

June 29, 2017June 29, 2017 SABRINA CANFIELD
cancer, Dakota Access, Louisiana, Pipeline, race

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.

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Environment Government Health 

Third Time’s the Charm in Dakota Access Pipeline Challenge

June 15, 2017June 16, 2017 BRITAIN EAKIN
Dakota Access, fishing, Hunting, Law5, Native Americans, oil, Pipeline, tribal issues

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. 

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Civil Rights Law 

Judge Dismisses Dakota Access Lawsuit Against Protesters

May 19, 2017May 22, 2017 LEVI LASS
Dakota Access, jurisdiction, Pipeline, protests, Standing Rock

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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Energy Environment Regional 

Dakota Access Pipeline Leak Revives Opposition

May 10, 2017May 11, 2017 LACEY LOUWAGIE
Dakota Access, Pipeline, South Dakota, toxic spills

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.

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Business Energy Environment Government National Politics 

Judge Says Dakota Access Pipeline Firms Can Shield Route Information

April 10, 2017August 11, 2017 BRITAIN EAKIN
Dakota Access, FOIA, Oil and gas, Pipeline

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.

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Civil Rights Government Law Politics 

SD Passes Law to Crack Down on Pipeline Protests

March 14, 2017November 17, 2017 LACEY LOUWAGIE
Dakota Access, oil, 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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Environment 

Thousands Join Native Americans in March on Washington

March 10, 2017November 22, 2017 BRANDI BUCHMAN
Dakota Access, oil, Pipeline, Protest, Trump properties, Washington DC

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.

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Business Environment 

Tribe Denied Religious Injunction to Dakota Access Pipeline

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017 BRITAIN EAKIN
Dakota Access, Native Americans, Pipeline, Sioux, Standing Rock, tribal issues

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.

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Uncategorized 

Religion Probed at Hearing on Dakota Access Pipeline

February 28, 2017March 1, 2017 BRITAIN EAKIN
Army Corps of Engineers, Dakota Access, Native Americans, oil, Pipeline, Sioux, tribal issues

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.

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Civil Rights Energy Government 

Dakota Legislatures Crack Down on Protests

February 27, 2017February 28, 2017 LEVI LASS
Dakota Access, north dakota, oil, Pipeline, Protest, South Dakota

In response to the Dakota Access pipeline protests, North Dakota’s governor signed four new laws, three of which increase the penalties for protesting.

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Civil Rights Government Regional 

S.D. Senate Advances Protest Restriction Bill

February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 LACEY LOUWAGIE
Dakota Access, protests, South Dakota

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.

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Government Law Regional 

Dakotas Propose New Protest Laws in Response to Pipeline Unrest

February 17, 2017February 23, 2017 LEVI LASS
Dakota Access, Protest

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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