The Keystone pipeline has cleared a legal hurdle, winning a court case that had stopped construction:
An appeals court has lifted a judge’s injunction that blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S., but the developer has said it’s too late to begin work this year and environmental groups vowed to keep fighting it.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ordered dismissal of the lawsuit by environmental and Native American groups, saying President Donald Trump had revoked a 2017 permit allowing the $8 billion pipeline to be built.
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The ruling Thursday was a victory for TC Energy, a Calgary, Alberta-based company that wants to build the line, though company officials have said it already missed the 2019 construction season because of court delays.
“We are pleased with the ruling,” TC Energy spokesman Matthew John said. “We look forward to advancing the project.”
Environmental obstructionists have a second lawsuit filed, which will have to be disposed of, but as of now, the injunction has been lifted and construction can proceed.