January 09, 2017
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe asked a D.C. federal court on Friday to nix the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline's claim that it has already received the necessary permission to complete construction under Lake Oahe in North Dakota.
December 19, 2016
A D.C. federal judge on Friday paused the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s claims challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permits for the Dakota Access pipeline at a disputed site in North Dakota while resolving the developer’s claim that it has permission to complete the project.
December 08, 2016
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe urged a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to pause their suit over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permits for the Dakota Access pipeline at a disputed site in North Dakota while the agency conducts a more thorough environmental review of the project.
December 06, 2016
The company behind the controversial Dakota Access pipeline said Monday that the federal government is relying on "fiction" to block work on the project beneath a North Dakota lake and asked a federal district court to rule that the firm has already received the necessary permission to proceed.
November 22, 2016
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told a D.C. federal court on Monday to reject a request by the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline to speed up its bid for a ruling that it can complete work on a controversial section of the $3.8 billion project.
November 21, 2016
The company behind the Dakota Access pipeline continued to press a federal court on Sunday to force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to cough up certain documents in a bid to secure a ruling that the developer can complete work on a controversial section of the $3.8 billion project.
November 15, 2016
An Energy Transfer Partners unit asked a D.C. federal judge Tuesday for a ruling that the company can complete work on a controversial section of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, a day after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it needed to hold more talks with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe before construction could go forward.
November 10, 2016
The Obama administration is close to revealing whether it will allow Dakota Access LLC to drill beneath North Dakota's Lake Oahe for a $3.8 billion pipeline, a U.S. Department of Justice lawyer said Thursday in a high-profile lawsuit from tribal groups seeking to stop the project.
October 20, 2016
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday "reluctantly" agreed to let the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe file its own complaint as an intervenor in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits for the Dakota Access pipeline, after the historically connected tribes had argued their interests might diverge as the litigation goes on.
October 03, 2016
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in a joint motion Friday urged a Washington, D.C., federal judge to let each file its own complaint in their challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permits for the Dakota Access pipeline, saying their interests may diverge as the litigation goes on.