Climate Change

The Latest On: Climate Change

May 20, 2020 | Legal Document

Amicus Brief of Members of Congress in Support of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

The undersigned members of Congress offer this brief in support of Plaintiffs’ request for this Court to vacate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lake Oahe easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline.

May 4, 2020 | Artículo

Justicia En Tiempos De Dos Crisis: El COVID-19 Y el Cambio Climático

A medida que los impactos del cambio climático y la pandemia empeoran, las injusticias sistemáticas de larga data continúan beneficiando a las grandes corporaciones por encima del bienestar de todos y todas. Sin embargo, podemos recorrer un camino más justo.

April 29, 2020 | Legal Document

Amicus Briefs Supporting Corps and DAPL

Six amicus (friend of the court) briefs representing oil companies, industry groups, and the state of North Dakota, supporting requests by the Army Corps and Dakota Access to allow the pipeline to continue to operate while a full Environmental Impact Statement is prepared.

April 29, 2020 | Legal Document

Dakota Access, LLC: Remedy Brief

Asks the Court to allow the pipeline to continue to operate while a full Environmental Impact Statement is prepared, as required by the Court’s earlier decision. Dakota Access, LLC, breathtakingly calls DAPL the safest pipeline in the world, relying on secretive information that it has shielded from any public scrutiny.

April 29, 2020 | Legal Document

Army Corps: Remedy Brief

On whether the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ February 8, 2017, decision granting an easement to allow a portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Corps-managed lands at Lake Oahe should be vacated while the Corps conducts additional environmental review consistent with this Court’s opinion