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North Dakota

Energy Transfer files petition after ND Supreme Court ruled DAPL security documents are public

Energy Transfer on Thursday, May 12, filed a petition for rehearing, stating that the state's highest court "overlooked and/or misapprehended" certain facts of the case and the law.

North Dakota

North Dakota Supreme Court says DAPL security documents are public record

The high court's decision upheld a district court ruling that rejected an effort by Dakota Access parent company Energy Transfer to keep private 16,000 documents pertaining to a partnership formed with security contractor TigerSwan during the pipeline protests near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in 2016 and 2017.

April 28, 2022 05:32 PM

North Dakota

Ruling finds officers used excessive force in shattering DAPL protester's eye socket with lead-filled beanbag

The decision by the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit filed by Marcus Mitchell, a Navajo tribal member, who claimed law enforcement officers fired shotgun beanbag rounds at peaceful, unarmed protesters, including himself, during DAPL protests in January 2017.

March 15, 2022 01:03 PM

Columns

Port: It's time for a harder look at Russia's alleged meddling in the American energy industry

How much of the often violent activism against things like oil development and oil pipelines is an organic part of American politics, and how much of it was the result of Russian manipulations and inducements?

March 15, 2022 10:29 AM

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Truckers and their supporters continue to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Ottawa

Columns

Port: What scares me is the escalation

The left used violent demonstrations to shut down travel and commerce, and now the right is doing it. When the left was doing it, it was the right calling for severe government crackdowns. Now that it's the right blocking highways and making mischief, it's the left calling for the government to stamp it out. We ought to ask ourselves, where does this road lead?

February 23, 2022 06:00 AM

By Rob Port

North Dakota

US Supreme Court declines to hear Dakota Access appeal

The country's high court has refused to hear an appeal by developers of the Dakota Access Pipeline seeking to overturn a mandated environmental review of their project.

February 22, 2022 09:29 AM

By Adam Willis

Columns

Port: Believing lies about political violence isn't just a problem for the right

You should be concerned about the unwillingness of many Republicans to come to grips with the reality of what Jan. 6 was, and what the Trump movement is. I certainly am. But you need to be concerned about the left's habit of gloss and excuse-making for left-wing extremism as well.

January 04, 2022 12:40 PM

By Rob Port

North Dakota

Judge rules trove of DAPL security documents are public record

A ruling last week by a North Dakota district court judge could open up some 16,000 documents related to a partnership between operators of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the private security contractor TigerSwan during the Standing Rock protests of five years ago.

January 04, 2022 05:04 AM

By Adam Willis

North Dakota

Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging police used excessive force at Dakota Access Pipeline protest

U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor dismissed the case Wednesday, Dec. 29, finding that officers acted reasonably during an hours-long standoff with protesters near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation on Nov. 20, 2016.

December 30, 2021 03:42 PM

By Jeremy Turley

Business

Electric vehicle charging network to link Minnesota, North Dakota reservations seeking freedom from oil

Clean energy groups on the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota and Red Lake reservation in Minnesota were awarded $6.7 million in federal funding to build out electric vehicle infrastructure in the tribal communities.

November 30, 2021 01:51 PM

By Adam Willis

Business

DAPL expansion ongoing as critics argue Bakken woes could negate need for the controversial pipeline

As plans to ramp up the Dakota Access to more than double its original capacity press forward, researchers at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis argued that the decline of premium tier oil wells in the Bakken could drive production slides that would quickly render the pipeline "superfluous." Backers of the oil industry in North Dakota argue that advancing drilling technology have wells outside the Bakken's sweet spots significantly more economic.

November 04, 2021 03:38 PM

By Adam Willis

Business

DAPL expansion ongoing as critics argue Bakken woes could negate need for the controversial pipeline

November 04, 2021 03:15 PM

By Adam Willis

Columns

Port: Why don't violent pipeline protests receive the same scrutiny as violent Trump protests?

The news media's uneven approach to covering political extremism is a big part of what's dividing this country.

November 02, 2021 09:30 AM

By Rob Port