Center for Biological Diversity: Federal Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Permit Critical to Keystone XL, Other Oil and Gas Pipelines
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020
GREAT FALLS, Montana, May 12 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on May 11:
A federal judge largely upheld an April 15 ruling vacating Nationwide Permit 12, a key water-crossing permit used by TC Energy's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and many other pipelines nationwide.
The April ruling held that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the Endangered Species Act in issuing Nationwide Permit 12. The decision prohibited the Corps f . . .
A federal judge largely upheld an April 15 ruling vacating Nationwide Permit 12, a key water-crossing permit used by TC Energy's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and many other pipelines nationwide.
The April ruling held that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the Endangered Species Act in issuing Nationwide Permit 12. The decision prohibited the Corps f . . .