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North Dakota High Court Backs State in Oil Company Dispute

The decision could eventually bring millions of dollars to public schools and colleges.

September 6, 2022

Spill

Oilfield Wastewater Line Spills in Northwestern North Dakota

It could take more than a year to clean up.

August 24, 2022

Signs marking the Dakota Access Pipeline are seen north of Cannonball, N.D. and the Standing Rock Reservation on Thursday May 20, 2021.

Judge: Pipeline Can Stay Open Pending Review

Attorneys for the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes say the pipeline is operating illegally.

May 24, 2021

In this October 2016 file photo, construction continues on the Dakota Access pipeline. A hearing was scheduled for Friday, April 9, 2021, to determine whether the Dakota Access oil pipeline should be allowed to continue operating without a key permit while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts an environmental review on the project.

Judge Delays Ruling on Pipeline Shutdown

Dakota Access was the subject of months of sometimes-violent protests in 2016 and 2017 during its construction.

April 12, 2021

In this Nov. 2, 2016 file photo, dozens of protestors demonstrating against the expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline wade in cold creek waters confronting local police, near Cannon Ball, N.D. The Army Corps of Engineers is recommending that the federal government negotiate a settlement with North Dakota for more than $38 million that the state spent policing the monthslong pipeline protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline almost four years ago.

Feds Seek Deal with N.D. Over Pipeline Protest Costs

The Army Corps of Engineers recommends a more than $38 million settlement.

September 1, 2020

Visitors hike to a stone lookout over the Little Missouri River inside the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Suit: North Dakota Refinery Developer Owes Workers Wages

The employees' lawsuit says the company sporadically deferred pay and said it would reward them with bonuses later.

July 22, 2020

Customs and Border Control agent patrolling on the US side of a razor-wire-covered border wall.

$1.3B Contract for Border Wall Awarded

The largest contract to date went to a North Dakota company favored by President Trump.

May 21, 2020

North Dakota Public Service Commissioners review a permit for the expansion of the Dakota Access pipeline on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. North Dakota regulators unanimously approved the expansion, saying they believed the project had met exhaustive state and federal requirements.

North Dakota OKs Pipeline

Texas-based Energy Transfer proposed doubling the capacity of the pipeline last year to meet growing demand for oil shipments from North Dakota

February 20, 2020

In this June 11, 2014, file photo, visitors hike to a stone lookout over the Little Missouri River inside the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, located in the Badlands of North Dakota. Anemic funding, alleged unpaid work and legal fights are hobbling developers of a proposed $800 million oil refinery near the park in western North Dakota. But the project manager for Meridian Energy Group's Davis Refinery, which has drawn criticism from environmental groups and others who worry it would add to pollution near the national park, insists it will be built.

Refinery Planned in ND Hurt by Funding

Securities filings show Meridian has raised only about 6% of the project's costs to date.

January 12, 2020