September 20, 2016
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe urged a D.C. federal judge Monday to reverse his decision not to let the tribe file a complaint in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's suit to block the Dakota Access pipeline, saying it has its own standing to challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permits for the project.
September 12, 2016
The Obama administration's recent construction freeze on part of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline and promise to rethink how Native American tribes are consulted may lead to tribes getting not only more opportunity to voice concerns but also the power to determine how, or even if, infrastructure projects affecting their rights are allowed to proceed.
September 09, 2016
The federal government said Friday that it will halt construction of part of the controversial $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota that has been the subject of heavy tribal protests, shortly after a D.C. federal judge had given the project the go-ahead.
September 06, 2016
A D.C. federal judge ordered a four-day stop to work on parts of a controversial $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota on Tuesday, after the company agreed to halt construction in areas where the Standing Rock Sioux tribe is challenging U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits.
August 24, 2016
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe urged a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to block construction on the $3.8 billion crude oil pipeline slated to run through what it considers the tribe's ancestral lands, calling the Dakota Access Pipeline a threat to its "cultural survival" that was not adequately reviewed by the federal government before its approval.
August 23, 2016
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe pushed a D.C. federal court Monday to block construction on the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline while the court weighs a challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' approval for the project, saying the agency hadn't done nearly enough tribal consultation and that the pipeline's developer is bringing any financial damage from halting the project on itself.
August 19, 2016
The developers behind the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline and the Army Corps of Engineers urged a D.C. federal court on Thursday not to block construction on the pipeline while it hears a lawsuit brought by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe challenging approvals for the project.
August 16, 2016
A North Dakota federal judge on Tuesday granted the developers behind the $3.7 billion Dakota Access Pipeline a temporary restraining order blocking the protest activity that has entangled construction at a Missouri River crossing.
July 28, 2016
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C., federal court on Wednesday, saying the corps flouted historic preservation law with its approvals for a $3.8 billion pipeline designed to carry Bakken crude oil through the tribe's ancestral lands.