October 31, 2019
The Army Corps of Engineers' environmental review of the Dakota Access pipeline falls short even after the court ordered the Corps to reconsider parts of its original analysis, three Native American tribes told a D.C. federal court.
October 10, 2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday asked a D.C. federal judge to grant the agency a win in four Native American tribes' challenge to the Dakota Access pipeline, arguing it sufficiently consulted the tribes and performed the environmental review that the court demanded.
August 27, 2019
Fourteen Native American tribes and several groups have urged a D.C. federal judge to pull the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval for the Dakota Access pipeline, saying the agency's "anemic effort" in a court-ordered revision of its environmental review for the project fell far short of the tribal consultation required by federal law.
August 16, 2019
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Friday told a D.C. federal judge that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' court-ordered revision of its environmental review of the Dakota Access oil pipeline was "a sham" and urged him to yank permits for the controversial project.
May 08, 2019
A D.C. federal judge held Wednesday that there was some merit to a request from four tribes for more information regarding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' finding that the Dakota Access Pipeline won't significantly impact the environment, although much of the tribes' request was rejected.
January 10, 2019
A D.C. federal district judge ruled Thursday that the Oglala Sioux Tribe cannot amend its complaint in its challenge to the Dakota Access Pipeline, saying that allowing the tribe to proceed would "derail and substantially delay" the progress of the litigation.
December 07, 2018
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Dakota Access LLC said that several Native American tribes had failed to follow a D.C. federal judge's order to spell out what claims they plan to continue with in their challenge to the Dakota Access pipeline, as the tribes contended that the record in the case should be fleshed out first.
August 31, 2018
The Dakota Access Pipeline will have no significant impact on the environment, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told a D.C. federal judge Friday, in a court-ordered review spurred by Native American tribes' legal challenges it its decision to approve the project.
June 11, 2018
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday told a Washington, D.C., federal judge that by Aug. 10 it expects to complete its review and make a decision on issues that were remanded to it in legal challenges from Native American tribes over the Dakota Access Pipeline.
April 18, 2018
A D.C. federal judge has denied two tribes' request to be consulted more on an oil spill response plan for the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, saying the issue was mooted by the plan's submission.