XL Pipeline Lawsuit Filed Today

Environmental groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Bold Alliance and the Sierra Club, filed suit against the federal government on March 30, seeking to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

The suit, filed in federal district court in Montana, where the pipeline will cross the U.S.-Canadian border, claims the State Dept. illegally approved a presidential permit on March 24 that will allow the 1,200-mile TransCanada pipeline to be built.

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The lawsuit follows one filed March 27 by the Indigenous Environmental Network in the same court that also challenged the State Dept. permit.

Both suits claim the March 24 decision to proceed is deficient because it is based on old information — a 2014 supplemental environmental impact statement.

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In addition to the court battles, TransCanada will have to win approval for the pipeline in Nebraska, where the $8-billion line doesn’t yet have an approved route. The state’s public service commission is expected to take until September to review a revised route. TransCanada submitted the revised route application in February. If approved, the pipeline operator would have to initiate eminent domain proceedings against the 10% of landowners who have refused to work with the company. An earlier court decision prohibits TransCanada from taking that action before September.

  ENR

Jesus Christ

I missed this. Probably because I never listen to the Idiot, but I didn't see it printed either.

When Trump announced his permit to continue the TransCanada XL Pipeline, he said it this way:

Today I'm pleased to announce the official approval of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. It's gonna be    [pause]    an incredible pipeline     [pause]    greatest technology     [pause]     known to man     [pause]     or woman.

What an elegant orator.

Listen to Jeremy Scahill talk with Naomi Klein about the disaster of the Trump administration's policies on the environment.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:  Lawsuits filed to stop the pipeline.

Quid Pro Quo

Clinton’s family foundation has accepted millions of dollars directly from major fossil fuel companies — including from those that lobbied her State Department just before the agency approved a controversial pipeline delivering what environmentalists call one of the world’s dirtiest sources of energy.

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According to federal lobbying records reviewed by the IBT, Chevron and ConocoPhillips both lobbied the State Department specifically on the issue of “oil sands” in the immediate months prior to the department's approval, as did a trade association funded by ExxonMobil.

Those three oil companies have delivered between between $2.5 million and $3 million to the Clinton Foundation.

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The Clinton Foundation did not respond to International Business Times’ request for comment.

  IBTimes

I bet not.

In 2009, the Clinton-led State Department approved a permit for the 400-mile Alberta Clipper pipeline, which is designed to pump up to 450,000 barrels of oil per day from the Canadian oil sands to Wisconsin (where recent polls show Democratic primary voters are concerned about its impact).

No wonder she didn't waste time in Wisconsin.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.