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Media petition North Dakota Supreme Court for expanded access to Greenpeace trial

February 28, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrate outside of the North Dakota Capitol in August 2016. A trial brought by pipeline developer Energy Transfer against Greenpeace is underway in Mandan. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A coalition of media organizations, including the North Dakota Monitor, petitioned the state Supreme Court Thursday seeking expanded access…

Judge denies Greenpeace request to investigate mailer critical of DAPL protests

January 3, 2025

KVRR Staff,

The Central ND News, a conservative and pro-fossil fuel publication with unclear origins, was sent to some Mandan residents this fall. Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has voiced concerns the mailer could influence jurors in its legal battle with Energy Transfer. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A judge has denied a request by environmental group Greenpeace to…

13 more GOP states sign on to oppose Standing Rock Sioux in new lawsuit over DAPL

December 18, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply and sovereign rights. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)WASHINGTON, D.C. (North Dakota Monitor) — A federal judge this week allowed 13 more Republican-led states…

Greenpeace seeks court permission to research mailer critical of DAPL protests

December 10, 2024

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Environmental group Greenpeace has asked a judge for permission to collect evidence related to a conservative-leaning, pro-fossil fuel mailer it believes could taint the jury pool in its legal battle with Energy Transfer, the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In October, some residents of Morton County received a 12-page direct mailer titled “Central…

Judge OKs North Dakota request to intervene in Dakota Access pipeline lawsuit

December 6, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A federal judge this week approved the state…

Dakota Pipeline Access Project Protesters Brave Frigid Weather To Continue Encampment

North Dakota seeks to intervene in latest Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit

November 13, 2024

KVRR Staff,

CANNON BALL, ND – DECEMBER 06: An activist fights the wind as while walking along Flag Road in Oceti Sakowin Camp as blizzard conditions grip the area around the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 6, 2016 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Native Americans and activists from around the country have been at the camp for several months trying to…

Greenpeace seeks sanctions against DAPL developer over records in civil lawsuit

October 9, 2024

KVRR Staff,

CANNON BALL, ND – DECEMBER 06: An activist fights the wind as while walking along Flag Road in Oceti Sakowin Camp as blizzard conditions grip the area around the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 6, 2016 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Native Americans and activists from around the country have been at the camp for several months trying to…

Judge dismisses lawsuit of injured Dakota Access pipeline protester

April 7, 2024

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has dismissed the excessive-force lawsuit of a New York woman who was injured in an explosion during the protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. In orders on Wednesday and Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor granted motions to dismiss the 2018 lawsuit by Sophia Wilansky, who alleged her…

Fourth Week of DAPL Trial Ends With Testimony From DOJ Witness

March 10, 2024

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A Department of justice witness testifies that during the eight-month long DAPL protests, the DOJ believed sending federal law enforcement to assist North Dakota would escalate and destabilize the situation. Patrick Hornbuckle’s comments were made in a video deposition in the fourth week of the trial of North Dakota vs. United States. The state is trying…

Burgum didn’t want DAPL to escalate into a standoff

February 27, 2024

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Gov. Doug Burgum opposed removing Dakota Access Pipeline protesters by force, he testified Monday. An email shown in a federal court trial indicated Burgum favored using humanitarian outreach to the camps as a means to end the protests that drew thousands of people from across the country. “He doesn’t want a clearing out of…