Representatives of several tribal nations demonstrate in August 2016 in Bismarck against the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A Lakota organizer said in a video deposition played to jurors Monday that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe led the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, not Greenpeace. Nick Tilsen, an Oglala Sioux…
Exterior of the Morton County Courthouse in Mandan on Feb. 27, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Greenpeace has asked the North Dakota Supreme Court to move its Dakota Access Pipeline defamation case out of Morton County, arguing the jury is incapable of rendering a fair verdict. The request is the culmination of multiple unsuccessful attempts…
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…
FILE – Dakota Access pipeline protesters defy law enforcement officers who are trying to force them from a camp on private land in the path of pipeline construction, Oct. 27, 2016, near Cannon Ball, N.D. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — An attorney for a Texas pipeline company said Wednesday at trial that he will prove various Greenpeace entities coordinated delays…
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrate in Bismarck in August 2016. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A behemoth defamation lawsuit brought by the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline against Greenpeace began its trial in a Mandan courtroom on Monday. Energy Transfer, a Texas-based oil and gas company, accuses Greenpeace of using underhanded…
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…
