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Dakota Access PipelineUnited States

Project – On record

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Contact:

Johan Frijns, Director at BankTrack

Last update: 2020-07-06 16:10:40
Protest at Standing Rock. Photo: Rob Wilson Photography

Project – On record

This profile is no longer actively maintained, with the information now possibly out of date
Contact:

Johan Frijns, Director at BankTrack

Last update: 2020-07-06 16:10:40
Why this profile?

What must happen

Banks must terminate their financing of the Dakota Access Pipeline construction, as well as the financing of the companies behind the pipeline.

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Sectors Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil
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Website http://www.daplpipelinefacts.com/
This project has been identified as an Equator Project

The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a 1,172-mile-long underground crude oil pipeline. It is operated by Energy Transfer Partners (38.2%), Enbridge (27.6%), Phillips 66 (25%) and Marathon Petroleum (9.2%). The pipeline begins in the Bakken oil fields in Northwest North Dakota and travels in a more or less straight line south-east, across South Dakota and Iowa, to end at Patoka, Illinois. The pipeline pumps about half a million barrels of oil each day. The oil is sent to the East Coast refineries and other markets by train, or down another 750 miles to the Gulf Coast through a second pipeline.

Impacts

Social and human rights impacts

Violation of human rights The pipeline trajectory cuts through Native American sacred territories and unceded Treaty lands, passing within 500 feet of the Sioux reservation. It threatens air and water resources in the region and further downstream. Several sacred sites were bulldozed during construction, according to the Standing Rock Sioux.

In response to peaceful, on-site resistance, police from multiple U.S. states and agencies, members of the U.S. National Guard, and armed private security forces used military equipment, tactics and weapons to intimidate, assault, arrest and otherwise commit grievous human rights violations against water protectors and their allies. Indiscriminate use of attack dogs, rubber bullets, concussion grenades, tazers and mace were reported, while journalists covering the assault were arrested. The violence unleashed by security forces left hundreds severely injured. Police used water cannons in sub-zero temperatures, leading to life threatening situations. Arrested water protectors were subjected to inhumane treatment such as being strip searched and locked in wire cages compared to “dog kennels”.

Indigenous Peoples rights The DAPL project was constructed in clear violation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). On 27th of July 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for violating the National Historic Preservation Act and other laws. The complaint says the Corps effectively wrote off the Tribe's concerns and ignored the pipeline's impacts to sacred sites and culturally important landscapes.

In September 2016 the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples called for the project to be halted, saying: “The [Standing Rock Sioux] tribe was denied access to information and excluded from consultations at the planning stage of the project and environmental assessments failed to disclose the presence and proximity of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.” An Amnesty International USA spokesperson stated in February 2017 that for the project to be completed "is an unlawful and appalling violation of human rights. The United States is obligated under international law to respect the rights of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and all other Indigenous Peoples. To allow this pipeline to go forward without sufficient assessment of how it will impact their land, culture, and access to clean water is a violation of their rights and sovereignty of their land.”


Environmental and climate impacts

The Dakota Access Pipeline route crosses sensitive natural areas and wildlife habitat, and involves risks to water resources and animals and their habitats. The route allows the oil company to dig the pipeline under the Missouri River just upstream of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s drinking water supply.  See National Geographic's overview of many of these impacts. 

Oil spill risks In 2010, a single pipeline spill poured 1,000,000 gallons of toxic bitumen crude oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. The cleanup cost over USD one billion and significant contamination remains. And in January of 2015, more than 50,000 gallons of Bakken crude oil spilled into the Yellowstone River in Montana. It was the second such spill in that area since 2011. Since 2009, the annual number of significant accidents on oil and petroleum pipelines has shot up by almost 60 percent, roughly matching the rise in U.S. crude oil production, according an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. Nearly two-thirds of the leaks during that time have been linked to corrosion or material, welding and equipment failures, problems often associated with older pipelines, although they also can occur in newer ones, too. Other leaks were blamed on natural disasters or human error, such as a backhoe striking a pipeline. Industry officials and federal regulators say they have adequate means of gauging the safety of pipelines, but the aging infrastructure is a source of lingering concern for outside experts (source The Chicago Tribune).

Financiers

On August 2, 2016 17 banks signed onto a USD 2.5 billion loan to Dakota Access, LLC and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Company for construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline. This loan is expected to make up all the rest of the capital needed to construct the project. Citi, Mizuho, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ and TD Bank are lead banks regarding this loan.

The route of the pipeline, which crosses the Missouri River near the Standing Rock reservation, was agreed in September 2014, according to dates on Public Service Commission documents. (Bismark Tribune).

Update: ABN AMRO, BayernLB, BNP Paribas, DNB, ING and Nordea all announced early 2017 that they will sell their part of the project loan. Please see here for more information. 

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Next to directly financing the construction of the pipeline through the project finance loan, more banks have also committed substantial resources to the Energy Transfer family of companies so it can build more oil and gas infrastructure. Energy Transfer Partners has a revolving credit line of USD 3.75 billion toward expanding its oil and gas infrastructure holdings, with commitments from 26 banks. Sunoco Logistics has a credit line of USD 2.5 billion in commitments from 24 banks. Energy Transfer Equity (ETE) has a credit line with another USD 1.5 billion in commitments from most of the same big international banks.

On March 24, 2017, ETE signed a new credit agreement of USD 1.5 billion. 

 

Companies

Project sponsor

Dakota Access LLC

United States
Website
Dakota Access LLC a company owned by Philips 66, Energy Transfer Partners LP, and Sunoco Logistics Partners LP. Please note that this website is down sometimes.
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Other companies

Enbridge Energy Partners

United States
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Energy Transfer Partners

United States
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Marathon Oil Corp

United States
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Phillips 66

United States
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Sunoco Logistics

United States
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2021-07-12 | The Conversation
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Dear bank CEO, you are cordially invited to defund this pipeline

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2021-07-01 | Bloomberg Green
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Despite Promises to Listen to Tribes and Fight Climate Change, Biden Administration Allows Oil to Continue Flowing Through Dakota Access Pipeline

2021-04-09 | Last Real Indians
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Critical Dakota Access Pipeline Bond Cancelled in Iowa

2021-01-31 | Last Real Indians
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2021-01-29 | Radio Canada International
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2021-01-28 | Common Dreams
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Dakota Access Pipeline Loses Appeal, Fueling Shutdown Fight

2021-01-26 | Bloomberg Law
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Appeals Court Rules for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Pipeline Fight

Army Corps violates key environmental laws; Biden Administration decision awaits
2021-01-26 | Earth Justice
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Equator Banks fail communities on consultation and grievance mechanisms, new study finds

BankTrack research into nine projects financed ‘under Equator’ finds routine failures to conduct proper community consultation and a lack of effective project-level grievance mechanisms
2020-11-24 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegation pushes Deutsche Bank for fossil fuel divestment amidst pipeline shutdowns, a global pandemic and the climate crisis

2020-07-16 | San Francisco Bay Area | Divest Invest Protect, WECAN
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As the Dakota Access Pipeline shuts down and the Atlantic Coast Gas pipeline goes bust, will banks finally draw the right lessons?

2020-07-07 | Nijmegen | Johan Frijns – BankTrack
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Court scraps Dakota Access Pipeline permit, forcing shutdown

2020-07-06 | Bloomberg Law
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Trail of spills haunts Dakota Access developer

2020-05-26 | E&E News
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Dakota access pipeline: court strikes down permits in victory for Standing Rock Sioux

2020-03-26 | The Guardian
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Indigenous Women file OECD Specific Instance against Credit Suisse for rights violations regarding pipeline financing

2020-01-30 | San Francisco | WECAN
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With New Equator Principles, Banks Fail to Act on Climate or Indigenous Rights

Singapore meeting approves ‘business as usual’ new Equator Principles
2019-11-21 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Partners
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Credit Suisse makes a step towards indigenous rights

2019-10-16 | Society for Threatened Peoples
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Energy Transfer, Banks Lost Billions by Ignoring Early Dakota Access Pipeline Concerns

2018-12-03 | Desmogblog.org
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North Dakota regulators seek to fine TigerSwan up to $2M

2018-11-16 | The Washington Post
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Tribe challenges findings on Dakota Access pipeline

2018-11-05 | Associated Press
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The renewed legal challenge against the Dakota Access Pipeline

2018-11-01 | Earth Justice
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We're Not Done With DAPL: How Investors Can Still Support Indigenous Rights

2018-11-01 | Forbes
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With politicians on its side, pipeline company ratchets up intimidation campaign

2018-10-22 | Think Progress
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Indigenous, environmental and climate justice groups rally outside Equator Principles meeting

Despite global standards, world's biggest banks continue to fund environmentally damaging projects that disregard Indigenous communities’ rights to Free, Prior and Informed Consent
2018-10-17 | Washington, D.C. | BankTrack, Greenpeace USA, Honor the Earth, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, WECAN
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Environmental Groups Fight Back Against Corporate Lawsuits

2018-08-28 | Associated Press
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Judge says Dakota Access developer can’t sue BankTrack

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2018-07-26 | Washington Post
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Judge dismisses DAPL case against BankTrack in full: our reaction

2018-07-25 | BankTrack
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Big Banks Face Fossil Fuel Resistance at Annual Meetings

Guest blog by Ben Cushing, Campaign Representative Beyond Dirty Fuels
2018-06-07 | Ben Cushing, Sierra Club
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Depositors Disciplining Banks: The Impact of Scandals

Guest blog by Mikael Homanen, Cass Business School
2018-05-09 | Mikael Homanen
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Iowans Hold Wells Fargo Accountable for Funding Dirty Fuels and Pipelines

2018-04-26 | United States | Ben Cushing, Sierra Club
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AGM briefing: Switzerland's per capita financing of fossil fuels worst in Europe, thanks to Credit Suisse and UBS

2018-04-25 | BankTrack, Greenpeace
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US Bank raises $2 billion in oil and gas pipeline finance since pledge to stop pipeline financing

Empty Promise: A new report by Oil Change International
2018-04-13 | Washington DC | Oil Change International
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Dakota Access pipeline developer submits spill response plan

2018-04-06 | Farmforum.net
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Oil Investors Call for Human Rights Risk Report After Standing Rock

2018-02-06 | Inside Climate News
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Indigenous and Environmental Justice Groups Rally at U.S. Bank Headquarters to Protest the Bank’s Investment in Pipeline Projects

2018-02-03 | Nasdaq GlobeNewswire
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Five Spills, Six Months in Operation: Dakota Access Track Record Highlights Unavoidable Reality — Pipelines Leak

2018-01-09 | The Intercept
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US Bank Declares End to Oil and Gas Pipeline Loans—Then Quietly Joins $4B Deal with Dakota Access Owner

2017-12-20 | Desmog
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Greenpeace v. Energy Transfer Partners: The Facts

Energy Transfer Partners, builder of the Dakota Access pipeline, has enlisted Donald Trump’s favorite law firm to attack Greenpeace and others fighting for Indigenous rights and the climate.
2017-09-06 | Greenpeace
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Greenpeace & Indigenous Water Protectors Respond to Lawsuit Accusing DAPL Activists of Eco-Terrorism

2017-09-01 | Democracy Now!
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Greenpeace sued over Dakota Access Pipeline

Greenpeace and other NGOs accused of 'eco-terrorism' for blocking DAPL
2017-08-31 | Ethical Consumer
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According to this lawsuit, if you opposed DAPL, you’re a terrorist

2017-08-25 | Grist
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Groups sued by pipeline company decry attack on free speech

2017-08-24 | Bismarck, N.D. | Star Tribune
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Energy Transfer suit claims Greenpeace incites eco-terrorism

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2017-08-23 | Bloomberg
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Why energy companies are accusing Greenpeace of breaking organized crime laws

2017-08-22 | Gizmodo
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Energy Transfer sues Greenpeace over Dakota pipeline

2017-08-22 | Reuters
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BankTrack statement on Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit filed by ETP/ETE

2017-08-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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2017-07-13 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
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2017-06-16 | BankTrack
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Dakota Access pipeline: judge rules environmental survey was inadequate

2017-06-15 | The Guardian
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2017-05-27 | The Intercept
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Pipeline action at Société Générale: French banks must not be Trump accomplices

2017-05-22 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre
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2017-05-10 | CSR and the Law
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2017-05-10 | Huffpost
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2017-05-09 | Turtle Island | Mazaska Talks
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2017-05-08 | Seattle Times
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Greenpeace gatecrashes Credit Suisse shareholder meeting

2017-04-28 | Zurich | Reuters
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Energy Transfer: Which banks continue to support the company behind DAPL?

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Standing Rock Sioux applauds BNP Paribas’ decision to divest from DAPL

2017-04-05 | Cannonn Ball, N.D. | Stand with Standing Rock
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Norwegian bank DNB sells its share of Dakota Access pipeline funding

2017-03-26 | The Globe and Mail
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2017-03-24 | Bloomberg
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2017-03-24 | Yes! Magazine
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ING first bank to sell Dakota Access Pipeline loan debt – BankTrack reaction

Other banks urged to follow, and consider new pipelines off limits for finance
2017-03-22 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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ING has sold its stake in Dakota Access pipeline loan

2017-03-21 | ING
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Standing Rock applauds Netherlands-based bank’s move to offload DAPL debt

2017-03-21 | North Dakota | Stand With Standing Rock
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Post-truth reputational risk: the Wells Fargo saga

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2017-03-16 | Global Trade Review
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Dakota Access Pipeline : Crédit Agricole fait un petit pas, les autres banques françaises font profil bas

2017-03-15 | Les Amis de la Terre
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Wells Fargo's Dakota Access Financing Prompts a Shareholder Vote

2017-03-15 | Bloomberg
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San Francisco Moves To Divest USD 1.2 billion From companies financing Dakota Access Pipeline

2017-03-14 | San Francisco | CBSLocal
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Position of Crédit Agricole Group on DAPL

2017-03-10 | Crédit Agricole Group
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Citi’s Letter to Investors Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline

2017-03-07 | Citi
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UK Banks Continue to Bankroll Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, as Green Party Calls for 'Immediate' Divestment

2017-03-02 | Desmog IK
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Private investor divests $34.8m from firms tied to Dakota Access pipeline

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2017-03-01 | The Guardian
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Big investors press banks over Dakota Access pipeline

Calpers and more than 120 other groups support protest campaign in public letter
2017-02-17 | New York | Financial Times
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Pope Francis appears to back tribal land rights in Dakota Access Pipeline fight

Pontiff says need to protect native land is ‘especially clear when planning economic activities which may interfere with indigenous cultures’
2017-02-15 | The Guardian
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Final phase of Dakota Access pipeline to be approved, a major blow to Standing Rock Sioux

2017-02-08 | London | The Guardian
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Exclusion of Dakota Access Pipeline companies

2017-02-08 | Stockholm | Nordea
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Dakota-pijplijn krijgt vergunning

Dutch prime time TV program on Dakota Access Pipeline
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2017-02-08 | EenVandaag Buitenland
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Over 700,000 people demand banks stop financing the Dakota Access Pipeline

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2017-02-03 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, et al
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ABN AMRO threatens to stop financing company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline

2017-02-02 | Amsterdam | BankTrack, Eerlijke Bankwijzer, Greenpeace
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Banks Agree to Talk With Tribe (While Handing over Millions for Dakota Access)

2017-01-26 | Yesmagazine
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RAN Statement on Continued Investment in Energy Transfer Equity

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2017-01-26
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2017-01-25 | National Geographic
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Trump orders revival of Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines

2017-01-24 | The Guardian
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10 Banks financing Dakota Access Pipeline decline meeting with tribal leaders

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2017-01-13 | Standing Rock, ND | Divestinvest, others
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Standing Rock protesters unfurl banner over field at Minneapolis NFL game

2017-01-01 | The Guardian
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Six banks step away from Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and backers

2017 | BankTrack
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Standing Rock activists eye pipeline finances to cement Dakota Access win

2016-12-29 | The Guardian
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Between Standing Rock and a hard place

2016-12-22 | Euromoney
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Mizuho’s Statement on the Dakota Access Pipeline Project

2016-12-16 | Mizuho
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The Legal Reasons DAPL Is Not Dead

2016-12-08 | Waterkeeper Alliance
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Dakota Access company takes its battle to finish oil pipeline to court

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2016-12-07 | The Guardian
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Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners Respond to the Statement from the Department of the Army

2016-12-05 | Businesswire.com
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Standing Rock: US Army refuses N Dakota pipeline access

2016-12-04 | BBC
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Standing Rock Pipeline Protesters, Ordered to Leave, Dig In

2016-12-03 | The New York Times
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Friends of the Earth International statement on Standing Rock

2016-12-02 | Friends of the Earth International
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Investors Take Stand on Dakota Access Pipeline

2016-12-01 | Bloomberg
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350.org Japan and Green Peace Japan Hold Joint #NoDAPL Action Encouraging Japanese Banks' to Divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline

2016-12-01 | Tokyo | CommonDreams
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Activists Around the World Take #NoDAPL Fight to the Banks

Global demonstrations are calling on banks to divest from the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, citing human rights abuses against water protectors
2016-12-01 | CommonDreams
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Dakota Access: UK banks back pipeline builder Energy Transfer Partners

2016-12-01 | EnergyDesk
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Global call on banks to halt loan to Dakota Access Pipeline

Open letter of 500+ civil society organisations demands immediate halt to financing the DAPL
2016-11-30 | BankTrack, others
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How Indigenous Activists in Norway Got the First Bank to Pull Out of the Dakota Access Pipeline

2016-11-28 | www.truth-out.org
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300 injured at Standing Rock

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2016-11-23 | San Fransisco | Price of oil
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Dans le Dakota du Nord, violences et course contre la montre pour les anti-oléoduc

2016-11-22 | Le Monde
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Police defend use of water cannons on Dakota Access protesters in freezing weather

2016-11-21 | The Washington Post
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Sunoco Logistics to acquire Energy Transfer Partners in USD 20 billion combo

2016-11-21 | CNBC
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‘Not another way’: Dakota pipeline’s developer rules out rerouting

2016-11-19 | www.rt.com
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IEEFA Report: Dakota Access Pipeline Driven by ‘High-Risk Financing’ in Overbuilt Region; Little-Known Economic Weaknesses in Controversial Project

Developer, Facing Likelihood of Missing Deadline, May Be Required to Renegotiate Contracts; Depressed Global Oil Prices Stand to Render New Capacity ‘Superfluous’
2016-11-17 | IEEFA
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Largest Bank in Norway Sells Its Assets in Dakota Access Pipeline

2016-11-17 | Greenpeace
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U.N. officials denounce ‘inhuman’ treatment of Native American pipeline protesters

2016-11-15 | The Washington Post
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November 15, NoDAPL Day of Action at Army Corps of Engineers

2016-11-14 | www.actionnetwork.org
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Administration denies green light coming for Dakota Access

2016-11-11 | www.politico.com
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Amid 'Crisis and Scandal,' Global Banks Called to Stop Funding Dakota Access

Green groups say bank financing for pipeline is 'inexplicable' amid 'gross violations of Native land titles, threats to water sources, and the desecration of burial grounds'
2016-11-08 | CommonDreams
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Citi's Statement on the Dakota Access Pipeline Project

2016-11-08 | Citigroup
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Norway's biggest bank may reconsider Dakota Access funding

Bank reported to have financed about 10 per cent of pipeline project
2016-11-08 | CBC News
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Dakota pipeline operator to defy Obama and prepare for final phase of drilling

2016-11-08 | The Guardian
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RAN Statement on Citigroup’s Leading Role in Financing Dakota Access Pipeline

2016-11-08 | San Francisco | RAN
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Environmentalists target bankers behind pipeline

BankTrack quoted
2016-11-08 | The New York Times
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Bank DNB says considering pulling financing on N. Dakota pipeline

2016-11-07 | Reuters
Blog
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An open letter to the Equator Principles Association

Civil society groups call for stronger climate commitments in EPs and a halt to financing the Dakota Access Pipeline
2016-11-07 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth US, Rainforest Action Network, others
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Dakota Access: company under scrutiny over sacred artifacts in oil pipeline's path

2016-11-05 | The Guardian
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Dakota Access pipeline: police fire rubber bullets and mace activists during water protest

2016-11-03 | The Guardian
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A million people 'check in' at Standing Rock on Facebook to support Dakota pipeline protesters

2016-11-01 | The Guardian
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Dakota Access pipeline protesters set for 'last stand' on banks of Missouri river

2016-10-31 | The Guardian
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Dakota Access pipeline protests: UN group investigates human rights abuses

2016-10-31 | The Guardian
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Could Dakota Access Pipeline Owners Be Legally Liable for Human Rights Abuses?

2016-10-29 | www.telesurtv.net
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Dakota Access Pipeline: What's at stake?

2016-10-28 | CNN
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North Dakota pipeline protesters pushed back from site after 141 arrested

2016-10-28 | The Guardian
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Why Dakota is the new Keystone

2016-10-28 | The New York Times
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Pipeline protest comes south

2016-10-21 | The Rapid City Journal
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Fight Over Dakota Access Pipeline Intensifies

2016-10-11 | The Wall Street Journal
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Iowa protesters call Wells Fargo divest pipeline project

2016-10-10 | The Des Moines Register
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Making History at Standing Rock: Tribes Are Leading Action to Preserve the Planet

2016-10-06 | EarthJustice
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A Strategy to Stop the Funding Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline

2016-09-22 | Yes! magazine
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Understanding the Controversy Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline

2016-09-14 | Smithsonianmag.com
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Who Is Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline? Bank of America, HSBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo

2016-09-11 | Rezpect Our Water
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Who's Banking on the Dakota Access Pipeline?

2016-09-06 | Foodandwaterwatch.org
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Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Native American Protesters with Dogs and Pepper Spray

2016-09-04 | Democracynow.org
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5 things to know about the Dakota Access Pipeline

2016-08-31 | CNN
Blog
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DNB sells stakes in companies involved in Dakota Access Pipeline over indigenous rights concerns

2016 | BankTrack
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2020-11-24 00:00:00

"Trust Us, We're Equator Banks": Part II

BankTrack publication
2020-11-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2019-04-30 00:00:00

Case Submission: Did Banks Contribute To Dakota Access Pipeline Human Rights Impacts?

BankTrack publication
2019-04-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2018-03-31 00:00:00

Dakota Access pipeline statement

Bank policy
2018-03-31 00:00:00 | BBVA
2018-11-20 00:00:00

Social cost and material loss: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Other document
2018-11-20 00:00:00 | University of Colorado Boulder
2018-07-24 00:00:00

ETP v BankTrack - Dismissal Opinion

Other document
2018-07-24 00:00:00 | North Dakota District Court
2018-04-25 00:00:00

Swiss Banks in the End of the Fossil Fuel Age

BankTrack publication
2018-04-25 00:00:00 | Greenpeace, BankTrack
2017-12-08 00:00:00

How banks contribute to human rights violations

BankTrack Human Rights Briefing Paper
BankTrack publication
2017-12-08 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2017-11-29 00:00:00

BankTrack Motion to Dismiss Energy Transfer Lawsuit

Other document
2017-11-29 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2017-03-23 00:00:00

Letter from SumOfUs, As You Sow to Wells Fargo on Shareholder resolution to adopt a policy regarding the rights of indigenous people

Download from: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72971/000138713117001629/sumofus-px14a6n_032317.htm
Correspondence
2017-03-23 00:00:00 | SumOfUs, As You Sow
2017-05-24 00:00:00

Crédit Agricole Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

French version
BankTrack publication
2017-05-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
2016-05-31 00:00:00

DAPL U.S. fish and wildlife service environmental assessment grassland and wetland easement crossings

Other document
2016-05-31 00:00:00 | U.S. Fish and Wildelife Services
2017-07-03 00:00:00

Letter from WECAN to Credit Suisse on DAPL

Correspondence
2017-07-03 00:00:00 | WECAN
2017-06-01 00:00:00

First Peoples Worldwide response to Foley Hoag report

NGO document
2017-06-01 00:00:00 | First Peoples Worldwide
2017-05-23 00:00:00

Société Générale Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

English version
BankTrack publication
2017-05-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
2017-05-23 00:00:00

BNP Paribas Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

French version
BankTrack publication
2017-05-23 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
2017-05-24 00:00:00

Crédit Agricole Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

English version
BankTrack publication
2017-05-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Les Amis de la Terre
2017-05-10 00:00:00

Public Summary of Foley Hoag LLP Report, “Good Practice for Managing the Social Impacts of Oil Pipelines in the United States”

Bank document
2017-05-10 00:00:00 | Foley Hoag LLP
2017-04-28 00:00:00

Society for Threatened Peoples files OECD complaint against Credit Suisse at the OECD National Contact Point (NCP) Switzerland

NGO document
2017-04-28 00:00:00 | Society for Threatened Peoples
2017-05-04 00:00:00

UBS Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

BankTrack publication
2017-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Greenpeace, Waterkeeper Alliance
2017-04-28 00:00:00

Credit Suisse Fossil Bank Briefing 2017

BankTrack publication
2017-04-28 00:00:00 | BankTrack and Greenpeace
2017-04-20 00:00:00

Letter from Resistance Events Italy, BankTrack and others to Intesa SanPaolo on DAPL (Italian)

Correspondence
2017-04-20 00:00:00 | Resistance Events Italy, BankTrack and others
2017-04-20 00:00:00

Letter from Resistance Events Italy, BankTrack and others to Intesa SanPaolo on DAPL (English)

Correspondence
2017-04-20 00:00:00 | Resistance Events Italy, BankTrack and others
2017-03-07 00:00:00

Citi blog: Citi’s Letter to Investors Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline

Bank document
2017-03-07 00:00:00 | Citi
2017-02-16 00:00:00

Investor Statement Banks Financing the Dakota Access Pipeline

Other document
2017-02-16 00:00:00
2017-01-18 00:00:00

Note of intent by US Army Corps on preparing EIS for DAPL

Other document
2017-01-18 00:00:00 | US Army Corps
2016-11-16 00:00:00

statement DNB Nor on DAPL

Bank document
2016-11-16 00:00:00 | DNB Nor
2016-12-22 00:00:00

Letter from Intesa San Paolo to BankTrack et al on Dakota Access Pipeline

Correspondence
2016-12-22 00:00:00 | Intesa San Paolo
2016-12-10 00:00:00

Letter from Wells Fargo to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

Correspondence
2016-12-10 00:00:00 | Wells Fargo
2016-12-09 00:00:00

Letter from BayernLB to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

Correspondence
2016-12-09 00:00:00 | BayernLB
2016-12-09 00:00:00

Letter from Citi to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

Correspondence
2016-12-09 00:00:00 | Citi
2016-12-07 00:00:00

Letter from DNB to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

Correspondence
2016-12-07 00:00:00 | DNB
2016-12-05 00:00:00

Letter from Société Générale to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

Correspondence
2016-12-05 00:00:00 | Société Générale
2016-12-06 00:00:00

Letter from Crédit Agricole to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

Correspondence
2016-12-06 00:00:00 | Crédit Agricole
2016-12-05 00:00:00

Letter from Mizuho Bank to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

Correspondence
2016-12-05 00:00:00 | Mizuho Bank
2016-12-05 00:00:00

Letter from Natixis to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

Correspondence
2016-12-05 00:00:00 | Natixis
2016-12-02 00:00:00

Letter from BNP Paribas to BankTrack on Dakota Access Pipeline

Correspondence
2016-12-02 00:00:00 | BNP Paribas
2016-12-02 00:00:00

Red Owl Legal Collective document on Human Rights violations, send to DNB Bank Norway

NGO document
2016-12-02 00:00:00 | Red Owl Legal Collective
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to Wells Fargo on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to TD Bank on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to SMBC on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to Société Générale on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to Natixis on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to Mizuho Bank on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to Intesa Sanpaolo on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to ING on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to ICBC on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to DnB on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to Credit Agricole on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to Citi on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to BNP Paribas on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to BBVA on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to BayernLB on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-30 00:00:00

Letter from 500 organisations to 17 banks on financing DAPL

Correspondence
2016-11-30 00:00:00 | 500 organisations
2016-11-17 00:00:00

The High Risk Financing Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline

A potential stranded asset in the Bakken region of North Dakota
NGO document
2016-11-17 00:00:00 | IEEFA
2016-11-07 00:00:00

Open letter civil society groups to Equator Principles Association

On strengthening climate change commitments and halting Dakota Access pipeline funding
Correspondence
2016-11-07 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2016-11-07 00:00:00

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. 8-K Filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission

Company document
2016-11-07 00:00:00
2016-07-27 00:00:00

Complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe

Other document
2016-07-27 00:00:00 | US district court for the district of Colombia

Mural at Hammer museum in Los Angeles depicting the financing of DAPL

2017-03-17
A giant mural by Andre Bowers is currently hanging at the Hammer Museum on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles depicting the multi-layered bank financing for DAPL and associated companies
Muriel at Hammer museum in Los Angeles depiciting the financing of DAPL

Protest against DAPL at Wells Fargo, November 10 2016

2016-11-14
Protest on November 10 2016, at Wells Fargo, Oakland.

Overview of Dakota Access Pipeline route

2016-11-07
Overview of DAPL route

DAPL Company Levels RICO Charges Against Greenpeace

2017-09-06 14:53:46

Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines controversy explained

2017-03-28 14:19:13

Mni Wiconi: The Stand at Standing Rock

2016-11-25 12:46:55

Dakota Access Pipeline Video by Ecowatch

2016-11-21 14:18:17

Dakota Access: Standing Rock protesters tell of violent arrests and police abuse

2016-11-14 16:42:11

Protest in Montreal on Nov 7 2016, targeting Royal Bank of Canada, TD and Scotiabank for their investments in the DAPL

2016-11-08 21:24:56

Dakota Access Pipeline Company attacks Native American protesters with dogs and pepper spray

On September 3 2016, the Dakota Access pipeline company attacked Native Americans with dogs and pepper spray as they protested against the $3.8 billion pipeline's construction. The project has faced months of resistance from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and members of nearly 100 more tribes from across the U.S. and Canada.
2016-10-17 16:12:48

Overview of Dakota access LLC

Company profile (including financial data) by Bloomberg

Food and Water Watch campaign page

Foodandwaterwatch campaign page on the Dakota Access Pipeline

Nobakken

The Bakken Pipeline resistance coalition

EarthJustice

Case overview of the Dakota Access Pipeline

Rezpect Our Water

Campaign website

RAN Supports Standing Rock Sioux Against Dakota Access Pipeline

Rainforest Action Network support page

Standwithstandingrock.net

Support webpage of standwithstandingrock.net

Generosity.com

Support webpage of generosity.com

Gofundme.com/sacredstonecamp

Support webpage of gofundme.com/sacredstonecamp

NoDAPL Solidarity.org

Website of NoDAPL Solidarity.org

The Guardian special webpage on the DAPL

Gofundme.com/redwarriorcamp

Support webpage of gofundme.com/redwarriorcamp

RAN Statement on Citigroup’s Leading Role in Financing Dakota Access Pipeline; November 7 2016

Amnesty International: Protect Human Rights at Standing Rock

Amnesty International USA campaign webpage.

Wikipedia on DAPL protests

Coverage of DAPL by Grist magazine

DeFund DAPL

Campaign website calling on closing customer accounts with banks funding the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Red Owl Legal Collective/National Lawyers Guild Calls on DNB to Divest from Dakota Access Pipeline

The Intercept Oil and Water files: extensive reports on the Dakota Access Pipeline

Updates

2020

2020-07-06 00:00:00 | Court scraps Dakota Access Pipeline permit, forcing shutdown

The Dakota Access pipeline must shut down by Aug. 5, a district court ruled Monday in a stunning defeat for the Trump administration and oil industry. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said a crucial federal permit for Dakota Access fell too far short of National Environmental Policy Act requirements to allow the pipeline to continue operating while regulators bolster their analysis. The ruling scraps a critical permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, and requires the pipeline to end its three-year run of delivering oil from North Dakota shale fields to an Illinois oil hub. Judge James E. Boasberg said Dakota Access must shut down the pipeline and empty it of oil by Aug. 5 (Bloomberg Law).

2020-03-26 00:00:00 | Court orders full environmental review for Dakota Access Pipeline

The future of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline has been thrown into question after a federal court struck down its permits and ordered a comprehensive environmental review. The US army corps of engineers was ordered to conduct a full environmental impact statement (EIS), after the Washington DC court ruled that existing permits violated the National Environmental Policy Act (The Guardian).

2017

2017-06-15 00:00:00 | Dakota Access pipeline: judge rules environmental survey was inadequate

A federal judge has handed a lifeline to efforts to block the Dakota Access pipeline, ruling Wednesday that the US Army Corps of Engineers did not adequately consider the possible impacts of an oil spill where the pipeline passes under the Missouri river. US district judge James Boasberg said in a 91-page decision that the corps failed to take into account how a spill might affect “fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice, or the degree to which the pipeline’s effects are likely to be highly controversial” (source The Guardian).

2017-04-26 00:00:00 | Six banks step away from Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and backers

In February 2017, ABN AMRO, ING, BayernLB and Nordea all announced they would step away from financing the project or its backers. ABN AMRO committed to end its financing for Energy Transfer Equity (ETE) if the pipeline proceeds without consent from the Standing Rock Sioux or with further violence. Nordea excluded three companies behind the Dakota Access Pipeline from investment. BayernLB stated it will withdraw from financing DAPL at the earliest opportunity, and not provide further finance. In March, ING became the first bank to sell its portion of a project loan to the pipeline. A good move followed by DNB (entered into an agreement to sell its part of the loan) and by BNP Paribas (sold its part of the loan in April). 

2017-02-08 00:00:00 | Army Corps of Engineers issues easement, construction begun

On February 8, 2017, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted an easement to Dakota Access, LLC allowing the installation of a thirty-inch diameter light crude oil pipeline under Federal lands managed by the Corps at Oahe Reservoir. The granting of this easement follows the February 7th Secretary of the Army decision to terminate the Notice of Intent to Perform an Environmental Impact Statement and notification to Congress of the Army’s intent to grant an easement to Dakota Access for the Lake Oahe crossing.

2017-01-26 00:00:00 | Seven banks—including Wells Fargo, TD Bank, and Citibank—will meet with Standing Rock Sioux leaders after months of intense defund-DAPL pressure

As fierce resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline played out on the North Dakota plains this fall and winter, other activists were putting pressure on the banks financing the pipeline. They called executives, held protests in branches, and moved their money. At least USD52 million has been withdrawn so far, according to organizers. Read more here.

2017-01-24 00:00:00 | Trump criticised on revival of Dakota Access Pipeline

Donald Trump was sharply criticised by Native Americans and climate change activists on Tuesday after he signed executive orders to allow construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines. Both pipe projects had been blocked by Barack Obama’s administration, partly because of environmental concerns. But Trump has questioned the science of climate change and campaigned on a promise to expand energy infrastructure and create jobs (source The Guardian).

2016

2016-12-04 00:00:00 | US Army Corps will not grant easement for Dakota Access Pipeline crossing

The Department of the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, the Army's Assistant Secretary for Civil Works announced on December 4.
Jo-Ellen Darcy said she based her decision on a need to explore alternate routes for the Dakota Access Pipeline crossing. Darcy said that the consideration of alternative routes would be best accomplished through an Environmental Impact Statement with full public input and analysis (source US Army Corps).

2016-11-25 00:00:00 | ABN AMRO Bank responds on Dakota Access Pipeline

ABN AMRO issued a statement denying involvement in the financing of the Dakota Pipeline, but acknowledged its credit relation with Energy Transfer Equity, the parent company of the project. Find the statement here (in Dutch).

2016-11-17 00:00:00 | Norwegian bank DNB sells it assets in companies building the Dakota Access Pipeline

The largest bank in Norway, DNB, has announced that it has sold its assets in the Dakota Access Pipeline. The assets were USD 3 million worth. DNB recently indicated that it is also reconsidering the loans it provided. In response to the news, Greenpeace Norway Sustainable Finance Campaigner Martin Norman said: “It is great that DNB has sold its assets in the disputed pipeline, and it is a clear signal that it is important that people speak out when injustice is committed. We now expect DNB to also terminate its loans for the project immediately.”

2016-11-07 00:00:00 | Norwegian bank DNB says considering pulling financing on Dakota Access Pipeline

Norwegian bank DNB will reconsider its participation in the financing of the Dakota Access Pipeline if concerns raised by Native American tribes are not addressed, the bank stated on November 6. Local authorities and protesters have been clashing over Energy Transfer Partner's USD 3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline project, which would offer the fastest and most direct route to bring shale oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Native American tribes contend that the pipeline would disturb sacred land and pollute waterways supplying nearby homes. "DNB looks with worry at how the situation around the pipeline in North Dakota has developed. The bank will therefore take initiative and use its position to bring about a more constructive process to find a solution to the conflict," Norway's largest bank said in a statement ( source Reuters).

2016-11-02 00:00:00 | ING expresses its concern in financing the Dakota Access Pipeline

ING, being one of 17 banks financing the Dakota Access Pipeline, with an investment of USD 120 million, expresses its concern in the following statement.

2016-09-09 00:00:00 | Joint Statement from the Dep. of Justice, the Dep. of the Army and the Dep. of the Interior Regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps

The Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior issued the following statement regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: "We appreciate the District Court's opinion on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act.  However, important issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal nations and their members regarding the Dakota Access pipeline specifically, and pipeline-related decision-making generally, remain. Therefore, the Department of the Army, the Department of Justice, and the Department of the Interior will take the following steps.

The Army will not authorize constructing the Dakota Access pipeline on Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe until it can determine whether it will need to reconsider any of its previous decisions regarding the Lake Oahe site under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or other federal laws.  Therefore, construction of the pipeline on Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe will not go forward at this time.  The Army will move expeditiously to make this determination, as everyone involved - including the pipeline company and its workers - deserves a clear and timely resolution.  In the interim, we request that the pipeline company voluntarily pause all construction activity within 20 miles east or west of Lake Oahe.

2016-07-27 00:00:00 | The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe files their complaint

On July 27th 2016 a complaint was filed by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, represented by EarthJustice. The lawsuit challenges the federal government's deeply flawed process for permitting the pipeline. The project is expected to go forward without any comprehensive environmental review or meaningful consultation with the Tribe, as Dakota Access secured the necessary approvals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers using a self-service permitting scheme that is urgently in need of reform. Details of the complaint can be found here.

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