A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota鈥檚 White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids, Minnesota.
A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota鈥檚 White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids, Minnesota.
The Midwest ag industry is fearful that a shutdown of the Dakota Access oil pipeline could cripple grain transportation. A draft of an environmental impact statement could come this month.
After a federal judge ordered an immediate shutdown of DAPL earlier this month, interest groups from across the country filed legal briefs arguing for continued operation of the pipeline.
BISMARCK 鈥� Operators of the Dakota Access oil pipeline received momentary relief Tuesday, July 14, after a federal appeals court temporarily froze a lower court's order for the pipeline to shut down by Aug. 5.
The original $3.8 billion pipeline project, which crosses under the Missouri River near the tribe's reservation, prompted protests from tribal members and climate activists in 2016 and 2017.
LINTON, N.D. 鈥� Even if Energy Transfer gets approval from North Dakota's Public Service Commission to expand the Dakota Access Pipeline, it still needs approvals from regulators in other states that the 1,200-mile pipeline crosses.
LINTON, N.D. 鈥� A hearing will be held to consider a request to expand the Dakota Access pipeline to 1.1 million barrels of crude oil per day, which will require the addition of five 6,000 horsepower motors and pumps.
MANDAN, N.D. 鈥� The nearly yearlong Dakota Access Pipeline protests that ended in early 2017 created tension at the border between the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and ranchers in the neighboring county.
BISMARCK 鈥� American Indian tribes suing to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline have won a partial victory in a dispute over government documents, though it鈥檚 unclear how useful the information might be to them as they prepare another demand for more environmental study of the project.
BISMARCK 鈥� Greenpeace is asking a state judge in North Dakota to dismiss claims by the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline that the environmental group conspired against the project.
BISMARCK--A potential expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline took a step forward Friday, Oct. 19. Energy Transfer Partners announced it is seeking commitments from shippers to transport more Bakken crude to the Gulf Coast. The proposed expansion...
