BOLD IOWA — building rural-urban coalitions to impact the climate crisis — April 15, 2021 To Iowa Utilities Board members Huser, Lozier, and Byrnes —  I write on behalf of Bold Iowa in response to the letter you received on April 2, 2021, from Dakota Access stating it “intends to begin construction of the Cambridge Pump Station on or about April 5, 2021.” This construction would allow Dakota Access to double the flow of oil through the pipeline from 570,000 to 1.2 million barrels per Continue reading →

Dear Friends, Here’s a not-so-hypothetical question for you: Who’s responsible for removing an abandoned oil or gas pipeline? (A) Pipeline company (B) Government (C) Landowner Sorry, if you guessed (A) or even (B), you think you’re living in a world that makes sense. As wrong as it seems, the answer is (C). A few years back, a Texas landowner called a pipeline salvage company and was told it would cost about $1,000 to remove 300 feet of an abandoned oil pipeline. The landowner then discovered Continue reading →

January 27, 2021 Dear Attorney General Miller, Respectfully, I must register my profound disappointment in your support for the Dakota Access Pipeline. It makes no sense to me — and many others I talk with — why you would sign on to an amicus brief defending a Texas corporation that trampled on private property rights to tear up 350 miles of Iowa farmland in order to build an oil pipeline that now exacerbates our worsening climate emergency and threatens our water. I’ve read both the amicus brief and Continue reading →

USCA Case #20-5197 Document #1851524 Filed: 07/14/2020 Page 1 of 17 ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED  IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS  FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT  STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE, et al.,  Plaintiffs-Appellees  and  CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE; STEVE VANCE,  Intervenors for Plaintiff-Appellees,  No. 20-5197  U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, et al.,  Defendant-Appellee,  and  DAKOTA ACCESS LLC,  Intervenor for Defendant-Appellant.  __________________________________  ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  ____________________________________  AMICUS BRIEF FOR THE STATES OF INDIANA, Continue reading →

[Below is the text of the ruling. For a more correctly paginated copy, visit this link: https://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/files/dc_cir_dapl_opinion.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1QnX0hFALJrOSY5bDuClzrRuDRrdOpOHfaeNU-6FvJqnaxFik8vQnMWbQ.] USCA Case #20-5197 Document #1881818 Filed: 01/26/2021 Page 1 of 36 United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued November 4, 2020 Decided January 26, 2021 No. 20-5197 STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE, ET AL., APPELLEES v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, APPELLANT DAKOTA ACCESS LLC, INTERVENOR Consolidated with 20-5201 Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:16-cv-01534) Continue reading →