by Lisa | Dec 22, 2025 | Energy Law, Environmental Law, In The News, Oil and Gas Law
North Dakota’s new critical minerals law accidentally included two fake minerals called friezium and stralium. They appear to reference two coal industry attorneys involved in the bill, though they deny adding them. The error slipped in during the rushed final hours...
by Lisa | Dec 16, 2025 | Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Energy Law, Environmental Law, In The News, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law, Land Use, and Zoning
A North Dakota district court has struck down part of the state’s carbon dioxide storage law, finding it unconstitutional because it allows companies to use private underground pore space for CO₂ storage without adequately compensating landowners. The court ruled that...
by Lisa | Dec 4, 2025 | Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Energy Law, Environmental Law, In The News, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law, Land Use, and Zoning
A North Dakota district judge has struck down a state law that allowed carbon dioxide to be stored underground beneath private land without full landowner consent. The court found the law unconstitutional because it permits a taking of property without compensation....
by Lisa | Dec 3, 2025 | Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Energy Law, Environmental Law, In The News, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law, Land Use, and Zoning
A North Dakota judge just struck down the state’s pore space law, ruling that landowners cannot be forced into CO₂ storage projects without consent or compensation. The decision exposes how many public resources were spent defending a system that violated basic...
by Lisa | Dec 3, 2025 | Administrative Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Energy Law, Environmental Law, In The News, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law, Land Use, and Zoning
North Dakota’s long battle over pore space rights reached turning point yesterday after district court Judge Anthony Swain Benson ruled that the state’s pore space statute is unconstitutional and struck down the statute. The law allowed companies to store...
