US EditionFirst Nations, community groups challenge pipeline construction in court
- Summit Carbon Solutions is seeking to pause lawsuits against South Dakota landowners and regulators after the state enacted a law banning eminent domain for carbon pipeline projects.
- A carbon dioxide pipeline company asked courts to pause legal fights after South Dakota's new law prevents it from using eminent domain for land acquisition.
- Some landowners in South Dakota sued Summit Carbon Solutions, claiming unconstitutional surveying without compensation.
- Summit CEO Lee Blank stated that despite legislative changes, they remain confident in the project's benefits for farmers and rural communities.
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Jamestown Sun
Federal judge dismisses Standing Rock lawsuit against Army Corps of Engineers over DAPL
WASHINGTON — Calling allegations made by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe "confusing and contradictory" and saying their lawsuit was "prematurely filed," the chief judge of U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Friday, March 28, granted a request by the defendants in the case, including the state of North Dakota, to dismiss it. The lawsuit, filed against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in October, argued that the Dakota Access Pipeline was op…
Judge dismisses Standing Rock lawsuit to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KXNET) — A U.S. District judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline while an environmental review is in progress. North Dakota had filed a motion to dismiss the suit. In his ruling, Judge James Boasberg wrote, "Although the Corps has not yet finished the EIS [Environmental Impact Statement] required by the previous Order or issued a fresh easement, the Tribe is alre…
Real Clear Politics
vh2.tvDC's Baseless Suit vs. Energy Producers Must Be Dismissed
The District of Columbia has joined a growing trend of progressive states, cities and municipalities across the country litigating the alleged impacts of global carbon emissions in state courts.
Construction Techniques and Protecting the Pipeline from Earthquake
When the original engineers sat down to design the pipeline, federal geologists and environmentalists noted that unique obstacles, including permafrost and earthquakes, would challenge the idea that the pipeline.
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