Supreme Court hears arguments in two original jurisdiction cases concerning water disputes
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in two original jurisdiction cases concerning state disputes over water rights and allocation. In the first case, the court heard arguments concerning water rights to the Rio Grande River....
Property owners in Harris County, Houston filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government on Tuesday for releasing water from the Barker and Addicks reservoirs after Hurricane Harvey, causing flooding in their homes and businesses. The...
Federal judge blocks $59 million dam project to protect ancient fish species
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Montana issued an injunction on Wednesday to stop the construction of a $59 million dam that threatened the habitat of an ancient fish species in...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday released a proposal that will rescind the 2015 Clean Water Rule implemented by the Obama administration. The so-called Water of the United States...
JURIST Guest Columnist Professor Monte Mills of the University of Montana's Alexander Blewett III School of Law discusses the Dakota Accesss and Keystone XL's joint impact on tribal treaty rights ... On March 23, Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. , the...
JURIST Guest Columnist James M. Grijalva discusses the recent controversy concerning the Dakota Access Pipeline...As spring emerged on the northern plains in late March, news broke of unrelated but congenerous developments in the long running sagas of two oil pipelines...
Environmental groups sue administration over Keystone XL pipeline
Several environmental groups filed lawsuits against the Trump administration Thursday over the Keystone XL pipeline . In their complaints, the groups argued that the State Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act [text,...
The US State Department granted a presidential permit to the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline on Friday allowing it to "construct, connect, operate, and maintain pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana...
Federal judge allows Dakota Access Pipeline construction to continue
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against Native American tribes seeking to stop construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) . Judge James Boasberg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia rejected...
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz called Friday for the US to adopt a consistent approach to indigenous land rights in pipeline projects. The Special Rapporteur was concerned about how...
