President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday that would make it easier to build two of the country's most controversial proposed pipeline projects: the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline. The directives were widely described in the press as “executive orders,” but according to USA Today, that’s not quite accurate: They were styled as “presidential memorandum.” While »

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe, which is located on the Missouri River in North Dakota, the federal agency said Sunday. Instead, the Corps will explore alternative routes for the controversial pipeline project, which has drawn thousands of demonstrators to North »

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could make a decision as early as Monday whether to allow completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline near tribal lands in North Dakota, according to Reuters. The news agency cited a statement by a U.S. government spokesman on Friday saying a decision on the controversial project will come in the next few »

Energy Transfer Partners says it “looks forward to a prompt resumption of construction” of a section of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Reservation in North Dakota, following a new court decision. A federal appeals court ruling on Sunday dissolved an administrative injunction that had temporarily suspended construction on the crude-oil pipeline near the proposed crossing »

The U.S. Government is halting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, even though a federal judge on Friday denied a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to grant a temporary injunction to block construction. The U.S. Department of Justice, Department of the Army and Department of the Interior issued a joint statement saying construction »