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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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 moreThe 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 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 moreNow 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 moreA 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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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 moreA 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 moreResponding 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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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 moreOil 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 moreAttorneys 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 moreIn response to the Dakota Access pipeline protests, North Dakota’s governor signed four new laws, three of which increase the penalties for protesting.
Read moreA 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 moreSouth 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.
Read moreAfter a federal judge refused to block construction of the Dakota Access pipeline Monday, a chairman for the Cheyenne River Sioux warned outside the courthouse that the threat of the $3.8 billion project is foretold in tribal prophecy.
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The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe wasted little time heading to court after the Army gave the final go-ahead for Dakota Access to complete its oil pipeline.
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Hundreds of protesters converged on a small town about 90 minutes outside of New Orleans to raise their voices in opposition to the proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline, an extension of the recently revived and highly controversial Dakota Access Pipeline.
Read moreThe use of force in a pipeline protest scuffle, which included police deploying water, rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters, might have been justified, a federal judge ruled.
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