The 2024 complaint the Standing Rock Sioux filed against the Army Corps of Engineers for “failing to regulate, permit, and remove theDakota Access Pipeline (“DAPL”) operated by Energy Transfer LP, as required by law.”
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Standing Rock Documents
Documents detailing the surveillance of Standing Rock activists, obtained by public information requests from reporter Alleen Brown, and analyzed with additional support from the Center for Media and Democracy.
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Second Amended Complaint, Energy Transfer v Greenpeace
Conspiracy complaint Energy Transfer filed against Greenpeace Inc., Greenpeace Fund, Greenpeace International, Krystal Two Bulls, and Cody Hall in North Dakota.
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Exponent Drilling Mud Report
A report documenting drilling mud spills that occurred under Lake Oahe over the course of the Dakota Access Pipeline’s construction.
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Paul Picha Deposition
Both the state archaeologist and Energy Transfer’s contract archaeologist said in depositions that were never presented in trial that they didn’t actually have expertise in sacred sites. If that’s the case – then how would they or Energy Transfer – or Greenpeace for that matter – know if a site was desecrated? And if they […]
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Jason Kovacs Deposition
Both the state archaeologist and Energy Transfer’s contract archaeologist said in depositions that were never presented in trial that they didn’t actually have expertise in sacred sites. If that’s the case – then how would they or Energy Transfer – or Greenpeace for that matter – know if a site was desecrated? And if they […]
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Deposition from Vicki Granado, of Energy Transfer, About Its Work with DCI Group
Granado, an employee of Energy Transfer, describes how the firm worked with DCI Group to support DAPL.
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The Real Free Speech Threat
Around the world, climate and other environmental protestors are being harassed, attacked, and arrested at an increasing rate. Laws are being passed that levy life-altering prison sentences and fines on protestors arrested near anything deemed “critical infrastructure,” which is defined so broadly it’s hard to find a public space that wouldn’t be near it anymore. […]
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New Oil Colonialism
For decades now, the fossil fuel industry has told the same story: Oil equals development and prosperity. Access. Equality. Stability. A better quality of life. As the world’s fossil fuel companies race to tap the last of the planet’s oil reserves we have a chance to examine that promise up close, in real time. What […]
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TigerSwan Daily Intelligence Briefing Sent to Nicholas Johnson and Kurt Merriweather
Rice sends these briefings to Johnson and Merriweather with instructions: “Guys, these STIREPs are confidential and also probably the most important of the dally emails to read. The intel assessment gives good data on ground conditions and LE (law enforcement) activities.When | send them, please take a minute to read them.”