Environmental

Puyallup Tribe Sues Hydroelectric Company over Salmon Habitat

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Puyallup Tribe v. Electron Hydro LLC (W.D. Wash.):

1 Complaint

Here are additional materials:

Consent Decree Order

162 Tribe Objection

166 Enviro Groups Response

167 Federal Response

Consent Decree re Fine

Alaska Tribes Suit over Tongass Roadless Rule

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Organized Village of Kake v. Perdue (D. Alaska):

1 Complaint

Minnesota Anishinaabeg Tribes Sue Army Corps over Enbridge Line 3

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C.):

RL WE HTE SC vs USACE Complaint for Prelim Injunction 12-24-20

RL WE HTE SC vs USACE Memo of Law 12-24-20

2020-12-24 WEBO THPO Arsenault Declaration Line 3 – signed

The Takeaway: “Indigenous Treaties Are Helping to Secure Environmental Wins”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Louise Erdrich on the Line 3 Pipeline

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From the New York Times, here is “Not Just Another Pipeline: The expansion of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline is a breathtaking betrayal of Minnesota’s Indigenous communities — and the environment.”

NYTs: “In Last Rush, Trump Grants Mining and Energy Firms Access to Public Lands”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

New Lawsuit to Stop Keystone XL

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Indigenous Environmental Network v. Bureau of Land Management (D. Mont.):

1 Complaint

Justice and Corporate Accountability Project: Empirical Data On How Investors Are Harmed When Companies Do not Disclose Information About Violence and Lack of Indigenous Consent

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here, on SSRN.

The Project’s webpage, with more reports, is here.

Seattle Times: “Salmon People: A tribe’s decades-long fight to take down the Lower Snake River dams and restore a way of life”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.